Heat and mass exchange processes between the surface of the human body and ambient air at various altitudes

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 38-44

  Kandjov, Iwajlo M ^a  

^a Medical Climatology Department   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Altitude; Human body surface; Rate of convective heat exchange; Rate of evaporative heat exchange; Warming rate of the air

Indexed keywords

AIR; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOREGULATION;

AIR; ALTITUDE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0033161160     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004840050114     Document Type: Article

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