Visual analog scales for assessment of thermal perception in different environments

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 784-786

  Leon, Gloria R ^a   Koscheyev, Victor S ^a   Stone, Eric A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Subjective thermal perception; Thermal perception scales; Visual analog scales

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BODY REGIONS; COLD; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; THERMAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; SENSATION; TEMPERATURE SENSE;

EID: 48649109812     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2204.2008     Document Type: Review

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