Study of summer heat exposure at the ground services operations of a main international airport in Saudi Arabia

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 145, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 103-111

  Noweir, Madbuli H ^a   Bafail, Abdullah O ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Air traffic control coordinator; Airport; Heat stress; Saudi Arabia; Summer heat

Indexed keywords

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRPORTS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; GROUND OPERATIONS;

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL COORDINATOR; AIRPORT; HEAT STRESS; SAUDI ARABIA; SUMMER HEAT;

AIRPORT VEHICULAR TRAFFIC;

ACCLIMATION; AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRPORT; CORRELATION; DISSIPATION; HEAT SHOCK;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRCRAFT; AIRPLANE CREW; AIRPORT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FORECASTING; HEAT ACCLIMATIZATION; HEAT STRESS; JOB PERFORMANCE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; SAUDI ARABIA; SHIFT WORKER; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL EXPOSURE; THERMOREGULATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK SCHEDULE;

AVIATION; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SAUDI ARABIA; SEASONS;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 51749118301     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-0019-2     Document Type: Article

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