Reflective inserts to reduce heat strain in body armor: Tests with and without irradiance

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 809-813

  Cadarette, Bruce S ^a   Santee, William R ^a   Robinson, Scott B ^a   Sawka, Michael N ^a  

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

Author keywords

Core temperature; Exercise; Skin temperature; Solar load

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY ARMOR; COOLING; CORE TEMPERATURE; ENDURANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXERCISE; FOREHEAD; HEART RATE; HEAT STRESS; HELMET; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT IRRADIANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; REST; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SOLDIER; SWEATING; VOLUNTEER; WALKING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DESERT CLIMATE; EXERCISE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; IRAQ; MATERIALS TESTING; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547952791     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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