Effects of heating appliances with different energy efficiencies on associations among work environments, physiological responses, and subjective evaluation of workload

Industrial Health

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 360-368

  Matsuzuki, Hiroe ^a,b   Ayabe, Makoto ^c,d   Haruyama, Yasuo ^b   Seo, Akihiko ^e   Katamoto, Shizuo ^c   Ito, Akiyoshi ^f   Muto, Takashi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Feeling of load; Globe temperature; IH stove; Physiological response; Thermal stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEART RATE; HEAT STRESS; HEATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMIDITY; KITCHEN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SKIN TEMPERATURE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; COOKERY; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 51849152463     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.46.360     Document Type: Article

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