Thermal sensation and comfort during exposure to local airflow to face or legs

Journal of Physiological Anthropology and Applied Human Science

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-66

  Yamashita, Kazuaki ^a   Matsuo, Juntaro ^b   Tochihara, Yutaka ^a   Kondo, Youichiro ^c   Takayama, Shizuka ^c   Nagayama, Hiroki ^c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NISSAN MOTOR CO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Automobiles; Local airflow; Thermal comfort; Thermal sensation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMAL EXPOSURE; WINTER;

ADULT; AIR MOVEMENTS; AUTOMOBILES; BODY TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; FACE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSE;

EID: 15244341806     PISSN: 13453475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2114/jpa.24.61     Document Type: Article

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