Temperature limit values for touching cold surfaces with the fingertip

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 851-862

  Geng, Q ^a   Holmer I ^b   Hartog, Den E A ^c   Havenith, G ^d   Jay, O ^d   Malchaire, J ^e   Piette, A ^e   Rintamaki H ^f   Rissanen, S ^f  

^a Swedish Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering (JTI)   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^f FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cold surfaces; Contact temperature; Finger touching; Machine safety

Indexed keywords

COLD SURFACES; CONTACT TEMPERATURE; FINGER TOUCHING; MACHINE SAFETY;

ALUMINUM; COLD EFFECTS; LOW TEMPERATURE PHENOMENA; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; STAINLESS STEEL; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ALUMINUM; NYLON; STAINLESS STEEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLD EXPOSURE; COLD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DISTAL PHALANX; FEMALE; FORCE; HAND PARESTHESIA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY; MALE; MATERIALS; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN; SKIN INJURY; SKIN PAIN; SKIN PROTECTION; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TOUCH; WOOD; WORKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALUMINUM; CAPROLACTAM; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYMERS; REFERENCE VALUES; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; STAINLESS STEEL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TOUCH; WOOD;

EID: 33845262046     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mel030     Document Type: Article

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