Human occupational and performance limits under stress: The thermal environment as a prototypical example

Ergonomics

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1169-1191

  Hancock, P A ^a   Vasmatzidis, Ioannis ^a,b  

^a LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

^b iNautix Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Human performance; Stress; Thermal prototype

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ERGONOMICS; JOB ANALYSIS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

HUMAN PERFORMANCE; OCCUPATIONAL STRESS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; REVIEW; SAFETY; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORK CAPACITY;

EID: 0032146592     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401398186469     Document Type: Article

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