Evaluation and refinement of the environmental stress index for different climatic conditions

Journal of Basic and Clinical Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-16

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

^a HELLER INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

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

Author keywords

heat stress; indices; relative humidity; solar radiation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS INDEX; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEAT STRESS; HUMIDITY; SOLAR RADIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS; WET BULB GLOBE TEMPERATURE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALGORITHMS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CLIMATE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENVIRONMENT; HEAT; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; RADIATION MONITORING; STRESS; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0141952883     PISSN: 07926855     EISSN: 21910286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JBCPP.2003.14.1.1     Document Type: Article

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