Evaluating functional clothing in climatic chamber tests versus field tests: A comparison of quantitative and qualitative methods in product development

Ergonomics

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1399-1420

  Karlsson, I C Marianne ^a   Rosenblad, Elsa F S ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clothing; Evaluation; Methods; Product development

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBERS; ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CLIMATIC CHAMBER TESTS; DATA COLLECTION METHODS;

GARMENT MANUFACTURE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CLOTHING; ERGONOMICS; FISHING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SATISFACTION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; EVALUATION STUDIES; FISHERIES; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING;

EID: 0032189624     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401398186171     Document Type: Article

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