A survey on the thermal conditions experienced by a surgical team

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 99-109

  Mazzacane, Sante ^a   Giaconia, Carlo ^b   Costanzo, Silvia ^b   Cusumano, Alessia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clothing; Operating theatre; Surgery; Tskin; Thermal comfort; Thermal stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE MASK; FEMALE; HEAT TOLERANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL STAFF; NORMAL HUMAN; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RADIOGRAPHY; SURGEON; SURGICAL GLOVE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 34147221530     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: 14230070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X07076661     Document Type: Article

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