Fire fighting and its influence on the body

Ergonomics

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1017-1033

  Rossi, René ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Core temperature increase; Fire fighting; Sweat rate

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT; HEAT FLUX; PERSONNEL TRAINING; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES;

FIRE FIGHTERS;

ERGONOMICS;

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOTHING; CORE TEMPERATURE; EXERCISE; FIRE FIGHTER; HEAT STRESS; HEATING; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; SWEAT; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EXPOSURE; THERMOGENESIS; TRAINING; WATER ABSORPTION; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

FIRES; HEAT; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MALE; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0042165947     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0014013031000121968     Document Type: Article

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