Perceptions of temperature, moisture and comfort in clothing during environmental transients

Ergonomics

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 234-248

  Li, Y ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Clothing; Comfort; Environmental transients; Moisture; Perceptions; Psychophysics; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FABRICS; MOISTURE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAIN; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

COMFORT; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSIENTS; FECHNER'S LAW; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

ERGONOMICS;

ACRYLIC ACID; RAIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MICROCLIMATE; MOISTURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SENSATION; SIMULATION; SKIN SENSATION; SKIN SURFACE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSE; WOOL;

ADULT; CLOTHING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MALE; RAIN; TEMPERATURE;

CLOTHING; HUMAN FACTORS; HUMIDITY; MOISTURE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RAIN; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 16844383513     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0014013042000327715     Document Type: Article

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