Assessment of the protection efficiency and comfort of personal protective equipment in real conditions of use

International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 347-360

  Mayer, Alain ^a   Korhonen, Eero ^b  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE ET DE SÉCURITÉ   (France)

^b Finnish Institute of Occupational Health   (France)

Author keywords

Efficiency, ergonomics, standards; Personal; Protective equipment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; EUROPE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POLICY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARD;

EUROPE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; PUBLIC POLICY; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0033250419     PISSN: 10803548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10803548.1999.11076425     Document Type: Article

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