Efficacy of air and liquid cooling during light and heavy exercise while wearing NBC clothing

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 802-811

  McLellan, T M ^a   Frim, J ^a   Bell, D G ^a  

^a DEF AND CIV INST OF ENVIRON MED   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heart rate; Heat flow; Metabolic rate; Rectal temperature; Skin temperature; Thermal comfort; Tolerance time

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; COOLING; EXERCISE; HEAT STRESS; HEAT TRANSFER; HUMAN; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; THERMOGENESIS;

AIR; BODY WEIGHT; CLIMATE; COLD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; MALE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 0032791476     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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