Room air temperature affects occupants' physiology, perceptions and mental alertness

Building and Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-44

  Tham, Kwok Wai ^a   Willem, Henry Cahyadi ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cutaneous response; Mental alertness; Room air temperature; Salivary biomarker; Thermal perceptions

Indexed keywords

CUTANEOUS RESPONSE; MENTAL ALERTNESS; ROOM AIR TEMPERATURE; SALIVARY BIOMARKER; THERMAL PERCEPTIONS;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; THERMAL COMFORT;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BUILDING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 70249100635     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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