Thermal comfort and clothing insulation of resting tent occupants at high altitude

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 543-550

  Cena, Krzysztof ^a   Davey, Nicole ^a   Erlandson, Tamara ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

High altitude; Tents; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ENGINEERING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL INSULATION;

THERMAL COMFORT;

ERGONOMICS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SKIN SENSATION;

EID: 0141928670     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-6870(03)00084-X     Document Type: Article

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