Heat strain at the critical WBGT and the effects of gender, clothing and metabolic rate

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 38, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 640-644

  Ashley, Candi D ^a   Luecke, Christina L ^a   Schwartz, Skai S ^a   Islam, Maeen Z ^a   Bernard, Thomas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Heat strain; Work

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; STRESSES;

(LIQUID + LIQUID) EQUILIBRIUM; HEAT STRESSING; METABOLIC RATES; STEADY STATES; UPPER LIMITS;

THERMAL STRESS;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLOTHING; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THERMOREGULATION; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 45849136352     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2008.01.017     Document Type: Article

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