Facial warming and tinted helmet visors

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-16

  Buyan, Munkhbayar ^a   Brühwiler, Paul A ^a   Azens, Andris ^b,c   Gustavsson, Greger ^b,c   Karmhag, Richard ^b,c   Granqvist, Claes G ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Comfort; Heat strain; Helmet; Motorcycle; Visor

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; MOTORCYCLES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRAIN; THERMAL LOAD;

COMFORT; HEAT STRAIN; HELMETS; VISORS;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE; FEMALE; HEAT STRESS; HEAT TRANSFER; HELMET; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; INSTRUMENT; MALE; MOTORCYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 29944447317     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2005.06.005     Document Type: Article

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