Heat exposure control using non-refrigerated water in Brazilian steel factory workers

Industrial Health

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 100-106

  Fujii, Ronaldo Kenzou ^a   Horie, Seichi ^a   Tsutsui, Takao ^a   Nagano, Chikage ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Comfort; Heat; Steel workers; Sweat perception; Thermal sensation; Water cooling

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADULT; BODY REGIONS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FLUID INTAKE; FREEZING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INTERVENTION STUDY; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; MALE; SKIN SENSATION; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SUMMER; SWEATING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE STRESS; THERMAL EXPOSURE; THERMISTOR;

ADULT; BRAZIL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STEEL; WATER;

EID: 33846873670     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.45.100     Document Type: Conference Paper

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