Improving thermal properties of industrial safety helmets

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 109-117

  Hsu, Yeh Liang ^a   Tai, Chi Yu ^a   Chen, Ting Chin ^a  

^a YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Industrial safety helmet; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT LOSSES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

INDUSTRIAL SAFETY HELMETS;

ERGONOMICS;

ARTICLE; ERGONOMICS; HEAT STRESS; HELMET; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM VENTILATION;

EID: 0034032341     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8141(99)00058-X     Document Type: Article

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