Individual thermal profiles as a basis for comfort improvement in space and other environments

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1195-1202

  Koscheyev, V S ^a   Coca, A ^a   Leon, G R ^a   Dancisak, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Extreme environments; Heat transfer efficiency; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; BODY SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW RATE; FOREARM; HAND; HEAD; HEAT EXCHANGE; HEAT TRANSFER; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE MASS; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SHOULDER; SPACE; THERMOREGULATION; THIGH; TRUNK; WARMING; WATER FLOW; WATER TEMPERATURE;

NASA DISCIPLINE LIFE SCIENCES TECHNOLOGIES; NON-NASA CENTER;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 0036896244     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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