The effects of two kinds of mask (with or without exhaust valve) on clothing microclimates inside the mask in participants wearing protective clothing for spraying pesticides

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 73-78

  Hayashi, C ^a   Tokura, H ^b  

^a Nagano Prefectural College   (Japan)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Apple orchard; Clothing microclimate inside the mask; Mask with valve; Nose; Protective clothing

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN; CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; EARDRUM; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEAT LOSS; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMIDITY; MASK; MICROCLIMATE; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SENSATION; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STUDENT; VEIN; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MASKS; MICROCLIMATE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 0347719621     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-003-0472-3     Document Type: Article

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