Clothing microclimate temperatures during thermal comfort in boys, young and older men

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 127-132

  Ueda, Hiroyuki ^a   Inoue, Yoshimitsu ^b   Araki, Tsutomu ^c   Matsudaira, Mitsuo ^d  

^a Osaka Shin ai College   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c HYOGO UNIVERSITY OF TEACHER EDUCATION   (Japan)

^d KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Boys; Clothing microclimate temperature; Older men; Skin temperature; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLOTHING; HUMAN; MALE; MICROCLIMATE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CHILD; CLOTHING; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCLIMATE; MIDDLE AGED; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030229204     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01211224     Document Type: Article

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