Apparent evaporative resistance at critical conditions for five clothing ensembles

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 361-367

  Caravello, Victor ^a,b   McCullough, Elizabeth A ^c   Ashley, Candi D ^d   Bernard, Thomas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b USAF   (United States)

^c 129 Seaton Hall   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaporative resistance; Heat stress; Protective clothing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLOTHING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON; EVAPORATION; FEMALE; HEAT ACCLIMATIZATION; HEAT EXCHANGE; HEAT STRESS; HEAT TOLERANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SAMPLE SIZE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HEAT; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MALE; METABOLISM; PERMEABILITY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; WALKING;

EID: 50449099605     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-007-0655-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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