WBGT clothing adjustments for four clothing ensembles under three relative humidity levels

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 251-256

  Bernard, Thomas E ^a   Luecke, Christina L ^a   Schwartz, Skai W ^a   Kirkland, K Scott ^b   Ashley, Candi D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Progress Energy   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat stress; Protective clothing; TLV

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR TEMPERATURE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; TEMPERATURE; TREADMILL;

ADULT; CLOTHING; FEMALE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MALE; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; REFERENCE VALUES; TEMPERATURE; THRESHOLD LIMIT VALUES;

EID: 17844407138     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620590934224     Document Type: Article

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