Predicting the effect of relative humidity on skin temperature and skin wettedness

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 442-452

  Atmaca, Ibrahim ^a   Yigit, Abdulvahap ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Experiment; Humidity; Simulation; Skin temperature; Skin wettedness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMIDITY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; SIMULATION; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 33646834621     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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