Evaluation of the environmental stress index (ESI) for the southern hemisphere

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 7-8 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 535-538

  Moran, Daniel S ^a   Pandolf, Kent B ^b   Vitalis, Antonios ^c   Heled, Yuval ^a   Parker, Richard ^d   Gonzalez, Richard R ^b  

^a HELLER INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

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

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d SCION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ambient temperature; Heat; Heat load; Solar radiation; UV radiation

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EVALUATION; HUMIDITY; ISRAEL; NEW ZEALAND; SOLAR RADIATION; STRESS;

EID: 4744369410     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2004.08.025     Document Type: Conference Paper

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