The steam laboratory of the Institut de Médecine Navale du Service de Santé des Armées: A set of tools in the service of the French Navy

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 630-635

  Desruelle, Anne Virginie ^a   Schmid, Bruno ^a  

^a Inst Med Navale Serv S Armees   (France)

Author keywords

Hot water steam; Manikin; Protective equipment; Testing device

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVICE; FRANCE; LABORATORY; MATERIALS TESTING; MILITARY SERVICE; NAVY; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PHYSICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SHIP; STANDARD; THERMAL EXPOSURE; WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERE EXPOSURE CHAMBERS; BURNS; COPPER; FRANCE; HEAT; HUMANS; MANIKINS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; STEAM;

EID: 6344291733     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-004-1123-4     Document Type: Article

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