Carers' views of the thermal comfort requirements of people with physical disabilities

Proceedings of the XIVth Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association and 44th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Association, 'Ergonomics for the New Millennium'

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 716-719

  Hill, L D ^a   Webb, L H ^a,b,c   Parsons, K C ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c Bamsley District General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HANDICAPPED PERSONS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PATIENT REHABILITATION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

THERMAL COMFORT; VASO-CONTROL;

HEALTH CARE;

EID: 1842710143     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1177/154193120004402885     Document Type: Conference Paper

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3. Webb L H and Parsons K C (1998) Case studies of thermal comfort for people with physical disabilities. ASHRAE Transactions 104(1) 883-895.
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