Heart rate response to industrial work at different outdoor temperatures with or without temperature control system at the plant

Ergonomics

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 729-736

  Kristal Boneh, E ^a   Harari, G ^a   Green, M S ^a  

^a Occupational Health and Rehabilitation Institute Israel   (Israel)

Author keywords

Environmental temperature; Heart rate; Industrial work; Thermal stress

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; DATA ACQUISITION; HEALTH RISKS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBJECTIVE TESTING; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

HEART RATES;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

ADULT; AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0031194185     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401397187865     Document Type: Article

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