Evaluating the efficacy of a thermal exposure chamber designed for assessing workers' thermal hazard

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 153-159

  Tsai, Perng Jy ^a   Lo, Chuh Lun ^a   Sun, Yih Min ^b   Juang, Yow Jer ^b   Liu, Hung Hsin ^b   Chen, Wang Yi ^b   Yeh, Wen Yu ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Environmental factors; Monte Carlo simulation; Sensitivity analysis; Thermal exposure chamber; Uniformity

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EVALUATION; FLOW RATE; HUMIDITY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL EXPOSURE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAT; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING;

EID: 0038125525     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.45.153     Document Type: Article

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