Physiological and subjective responses to cooling devices on firefighting protective clothing

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 369-374

  Chou, Chinmei ^a   Tochihara, Yutaka ^b   Kim, Taegyou ^c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Korea Sewing Technology Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Body temperatures; Cooling device; Firefighting protective clothing; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FIRE FIGHTER; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MATERIALS TESTING; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FIRES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SKIN TEMPERATURE; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 50449105559     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-007-0665-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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