Efficacy of a water-cooled garment for auxiliary body cooling in heat

Ergonomics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 179-187

  Nag, P K ^a   Pradhan, C K ^a   Nag, A ^a   Ashtekar, S P ^a   Desai, H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (India)

Author keywords

Body cooling; Effective temperature; Evaporation; Microclimate; Skin and core temperature; Water cooled garment

Indexed keywords

COOLING WATER; COTTON FABRICS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBERS; ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING; EVAPORATION; FLOW OF WATER; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SKIN;

AUXILIARY BODY COOLING; HEAT STRAIN; MICROCLIMATE; WATER COOLED GARMENTS;

ERGONOMICS;

LATEX;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORE TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MICROCLIMATE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EXPOSURE; WATER FLOW; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; COLD; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LATEX; MALE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 0032006289     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401398187233     Document Type: Article

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