Continuing the search for WBGT clothing adjustment factors

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 119-125

  O'Connor, David J ^a   Bernard, Thomas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat Stress; Protective Clothing; Threshold Limit Values

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOREGULATION;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING;

EID: 0032994737     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/104732299303287     Document Type: Article

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