Analysis of sweat evaporation from clothing materials by the ventilated sweat capsule method

European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-7

  Otomasu, Kinuyo ^a,b   Yamauchi, Masaki ^b   Ohwatari, Nobu ^b   Matsumoto, Takaaki ^b   Tsuchiya, Katsuhiko ^b   Kosaka, Mitsuo ^b  

^a PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF KUMAMOTO   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Silk cotton nylon; Sweat absorption; Thermal sweating

Indexed keywords

NYLON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILK; SKIN; SKIN SURFACE; SWEATING; THORAX; WATER IMMERSION;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CLOTHING; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MALE; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; SWEAT;

EID: 0030844932     PISSN: 03015548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004210050205     Document Type: Article

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