Heat Strain Attenuation while Wearing NBC Clothing: Dry-Ice Vest Compared to Water Spray

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 391-396

  Heled, Yuval ^a   Epstein, Yoram ^b   Moran, Daniel S ^b  

^a HELLER INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cooling; Heat strain; Protective clothing

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; WATER;

ADULT; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EVAPORATION; EXERCISE TEST; HEART RATE; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARAMETER; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SWEATING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TECHNIQUE; THERMOREGULATION;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; DRY ICE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEART RATE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 2142750205     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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