Evaluation of the environmental stress index for physiological variables

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-49

  Moran, D S ^a   Pandolf, K B ^b   Shapiro, Y ^a   Laor, A ^a   Heled, Y ^a   Gonzalez, R R ^b  

^a HELLER INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart rate; Heat stress; Indices; Rectal temperature; Sweat rate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CLOTHING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EVALUATION; EXERCISE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMIDITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SHADE; SOLAR RADIATION; STRESS; SUN; SWEATING; THERMOREGULATION;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 0037260911     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4565(02)00035-9     Document Type: Article

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