Local thermal unpleasantness and discomfort prediction in the vicinity of thermoneutrality

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 717-720

  Pellerin, Nicolas ^a   Deschuyteneer, Anne ^b   Candas, Victor ^a  

^a CEPA CNRS   (France)

^b RENAULT   (France)

Author keywords

Complex environments; Human; Mean skin temperature; Thermal comfort; Thermal sensations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLOTHING; COLD SENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATOR; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE SENSE; WINTER;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILES; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CLOTHING; COLD; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

EID: 6344232105     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-004-1127-0     Document Type: Article

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