Study of heat exposure in the work environment in Jeddah

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 225-237

  Noweir, Madbuli H ^a,b   Moreb, Ahmad A ^a   Bafail, Abdullah O ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR VELOCITY; AUXILIARY COOLING CLOTHING; CONTROL STRATEGY; HEAT EXPOSURE; JEDDAH;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; FURNACES; HOT ROLLING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; MILLING (MACHINING); THERMAL LOAD;

THERMAL STRESS;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR TEMPERATURE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CLOTHING; ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FURNACE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SAUDI ARABIA; SUMMER; THERMAL EXPOSURE; VELOCITY; WINTER; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0030152196     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00398868     Document Type: Article

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