Climate under impermeable protective clothing

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 233-238

  Bishop, Phillip ^a   Gu, Dingliang ^a   Clapp, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient environment; Clothing adjustment factors; Environmental measurement; Heat strain; Microenvironment; Protective clothing

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING; ERGONOMICS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; REMOTE SENSING; SUBJECTIVE TESTING; THERMAL STRESS;

CLOTHING ADJUSTMENT FACTORS; MICROENVIRONMENT;

PROTECTIVE CLOTHING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMIDITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0034141983     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8141(99)00013-X     Document Type: Article

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