Testing cold protection according to en ISO 20344: Is there any professional footwear that does not pass?

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-68

  Kuklane, Kalev ^a   Ueno, Satoru ^b   Sawada, Shin Ichi ^b   Holmér, Ingvar ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cold protective footwear; Occupational safety; Standard test method

Indexed keywords

COLD TESTING; COLD-PROTECTIVE FOOTWEAR; FOOT MODEL; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION (ISO); NORMALISATION; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; STANDARD TEST METHOD; TEMPERATURE DROPS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS;

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LOW TEMPERATURE TESTING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SAFETY TESTING; STANDARDS; TEMPERATURE SENSORS; TESTING; THERMAL GRADIENTS; THERMAL INSULATION; TROPICAL ENGINEERING;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

COLD TEMPERATURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; MATERIALS TESTING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SHOES;

EID: 58549120966     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/men074     Document Type: Article

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