Thermal limits of men in moderate to heavy work in tropical farming

Industrial Health

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 107-117

  Nag, Pranab Kumar ^a   Nag, Anjali ^a   Ashtekar, Shirish Pratap ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (India)

Author keywords

Compartmental heat exchange; Heat stress; Physiological responser; Tolerance limit; Tropical climate; WBGT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEART RATE; HEAT EXCHANGE; HEAT STRESS; HEAT TOLERANCE; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; SWEATING; THERMAL EXPOSURE; THERMOREGULATION; TROPIC CLIMATE; WORKLOAD;

AGRICULTURE; EXERTION; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 33846882026     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.45.107     Document Type: Article

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