Non-evaporative effects of a wet mid layer on heat transfer through protective clothing

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 341-349

  Bröde, Peter ^a   Havenith, George ^b   Wang, Xiaoxin ^b   Candas, Victor ^c   den Hartog, Emiel A ^d   Griefahn, Barbara ^a   Holmér, Ingvar ^e   Kuklane, Kalev ^e   Meinander, Harriet ^f   Nocker, Wolfgang ^g   Richards, Mark ^h  

^a LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UPS 858   (France)

^d TNO   (Netherlands)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^g WL Gore Associates GmbH   (Germany)

^h SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Clothing insulation; Conduction; Moisture; Skin temperature; Sweating

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY POSITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; EVAPORATION; HEART STRESS; HEAT LOSS; HEAT STRESS; HEAT TRANSFER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MICROCLIMATE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SWEATING; THERMOREGULATION; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WEIGHT CHANGE;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BODY WEIGHT; COTTON FIBER; HEAT; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MALE; MANIKINS; MICROCLIMATE; PERMEABILITY; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SWEATING; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 50449087634     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-007-0629-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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