Combined effects of fabric air permeability and moisture absorption on clothing microclimate and subjective sensation during intermittent exercise at 27°C

Ergonomics

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 964-979

  Ha, Minja ^a   Tokura, Hiromi ^a   Yanai, Yuichi ^b   Moriyama, Tomoko ^c   Tsuchiya, Naomi ^d  

^a NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Miai Research Institute   (Japan)

^c Research Institute of Human Engineering for Quality Life   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND EVALUATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air permeability; Clothing microclimate humidity; Cotton; Moisture regain; Polyester; Subjective sensation

Indexed keywords

AIR PERMEABILITY; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COTTON FABRICS; MOISTURE; POLYESTERS; SENSORY PERCEPTION; SUBJECTIVE TESTING;

CLOTHING MICROCLIMATE HUMIDITY; MOISTURE ABSORPTION; SUBJECTIVE SENSATION;

ERGONOMICS;

POLYESTER;

ABSORPTION; ADULT; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; BACK; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMIDITY; MICROCLIMATE; MOISTURE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERMEABILITY; SWEATING; TEMPERATURE; THORAX;

ABSORPTION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLOTHING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GOSSYPIUM; HUMANS; MICROCLIMATE; PERMEABILITY; POLYESTERS; SENSATION;

EID: 0032801937     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401399185243     Document Type: Article

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