Physiological strain of wearing aluminized protective clothing at rest in young, middle-aged, and older men

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 195-202

  Marszalek, Anna ^a   Smolander, Juhani ^b   Sołtyński, Krzysztof ^a   Sobolewski, Andrzej ^a  

^a Ctrl Inst for Labour Protection   (Poland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Age; Protective clothing; Thermal strain

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; HEMODYNAMICS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION PROTECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL STRESS;

ALUMINIZED PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; HEAT STRESS TESTS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRAIN; POTENTIAL RISK FACTOR;

PROTECTIVE CLOTHING;

ALUMINUM;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAT; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEATING;

EID: 0344771081     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8141(98)00107-3     Document Type: Article

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