Comfort Properties of Heat Resistant Protective Workwear in Varying Conditions of Physical Activity and Environment. Part II: Perceived Comfort Response to Garments and its Relationship to Fabric Properties

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 531-539

  Yoo, Shinjung ^a   Barker, Roger L ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; GARMENT MANUFACTURE; HEAT RESISTANCE; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACE TESTING; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; WETTING;

COMFORT PROPERTIES; COMFORT RESPONSE; CONTROLLED GARMENT WEAR; FABRIC PROPERTIES; PROTECTIVE WORKWEAR; SKIN CONTACT; SURFACE GEOMETRIC ROUGHNESS;

FABRICS;

COMFORT; HEAT RESISTANCE; WORKWEAR;

EID: 24944472091     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0040517505054190     Document Type: Article

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