Micro-environment changes inside impermeable protective clothing during a continuous work exposure

Ergonomics

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 953-961

  Muir, I H ^a   Bishop, P A ^a   Kozusko, J ^a  

^a Nike   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient temperature; Heat stress; Impermeable; Micro environment; Threshold limits; WBGT

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; HEAT RESISTANCE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SENSORS; THERMAL STRESS;

MICRO-ENVIRONMENT;

ERGONOMICS;

ACCURACY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEAT STRESS; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMIDITY; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PERMEABILITY; PREDICTION; PRODUCTIVITY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SENSOR; SHOULDER; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL EXPOSURE; THIGH; TIME; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKING TIME;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; EXERTION; HEART RATE; HEAT; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MALE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0035883176     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130110068915     Document Type: Article

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