Active versus passive cooling during work in warm environments while wearing firefighting protective clothing

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 1, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 521-531

  Selkirk, G A ^a   McLellan, T M ^a,b   Wong, J ^b  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cooling strategies; Exercise tolerance; Metabolic rate; Protective clothing; Rectal temperature; Uncompensable heat stress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREATHING APPARATUS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; EXHAUSTION; FIRE FIGHTER; FOREARM; HEART RATE; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMERSION; METABOLIC RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FIRES; HEART RATE; HEAT; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 3242657128     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620490475216     Document Type: Article

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