Helmet design to facilitate thermoneutrality during forest harvesting

Ergonomics

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 699-716

  Holland, E J ^a   Laing, R M ^a   Lemmon, T L ^a   Niven, B E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Forestry; Helmet; New Zealand; Physiological responses; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; VENTILATION; VENTS;

THERMONEUTRALITY;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; EARDRUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FITNESS; FOREST; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; HEART RATE; HELMET; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMIDITY; MALE; MICROCLIMATE; NEW ZEALAND; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SCALP; SIMULATION; SUMMER; SWEAT; WORKLOAD;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FORESTRY; HEAD; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; SEASONS; VENTILATION;

EID: 0037104673     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130210159959     Document Type: Article

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