The evaluation of workplaces subjected to heat stress: Can ISO 7933 (1989) adequately describe heat strain in industrial workplaces?

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 59-71

  Kampmann, B ^a   Piekarski, C ^b  

^a RAG Mining Solutions GmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climatic index; Heat stress; ISO 7933

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ENERGY BALANCE; HUMIDITY; STANDARD; SWEATING; THEORY; THERMAL EXPOSURE; WATER LOSS; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0033965350     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-6870(99)00024-1     Document Type: Article

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