The effects of ramie blended car seat covers on thermal comfort during road trials

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 287-294

  Cengiz, Tülin Gündüz ^a   Babalik, Fatih C ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ramie; Road trials; Thermal seat comfort

Indexed keywords

CAR SEATS; DIRECT CONTACTS; FOUR POINTS; IN VEHICLES; QUALITATIVE DATUM; RAMIE; REAL TRAFFICS; ROAD TRIALS; SEAT COVERS; SKIN WETTEDNESS; THERMAL SEAT COMFORT; TRAFFIC CONDITIONS;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; HEMP; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; ROADS AND STREETS; THERMAL COMFORT;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS;

POLYESTER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMIE; SEAT; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION; TRAFFIC;

EID: 59749093625     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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