Evaporative resistance and sustainable work under heat stress conditions for two cloth anticontamination ensembles

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 23, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 557-564

  Bernard, Thomas E ^a   Matheen, Fasiha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat stress; Protective clothing; Thermal characteristics; Work output

Indexed keywords

METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL INSULATION; THERMAL STRESS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

BASIC ENSEMBLE; ENHANCED ENSEMBLE; EVAPORATIVE RESISTANCE;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TREADMILL; WORK CAPACITY;

EID: 0344791686     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8141(98)00019-5     Document Type: Article

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