A meta-analysis of performance response under thermal stressors

Human Factors

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 851-877

  Hancock, P A ^a,b   Ross, Jennifer M ^a   Szalma, James L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; MOTORS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ACCLIMATIZATION; PSYCHOMOTORS; THERMAL CONDITIONS; THERMAL STRESSORS;

THERMAL STRESS;

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COLD; HEAT; HEAT TOLERANCE; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; TEMPERATURE STRESS; THERMAL EXPOSURE;

COLD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEAT; HUMANS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STRESS;

EID: 34548845568     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872007X230226     Document Type: Article

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