Human responses to intermittent work while wearing encapsulating chemical-biological protective clothing with personal HVAC

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 112 PART 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 231-239

  Berglund, Larry G ^a,b   Cadarette, Bruce S ^c   Levine, Leslie ^c   Kolka, Margaret A ^b   Khalifa, H F ^d   Hill, Jim ^e  

^a ASHRAE ^*

^b Biophysics and Biomedical Modeling Division

^c U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Syracuse University   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN SIMULATION MODELING; PROTECTIVE SYSTEMS; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMAL SENSATION;

AIR CONDITIONING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEATING; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; THERMAL EFFECTS; VENTILATION;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

EID: 33750308037     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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