Thermal comfort study of hospital workers in Malaysia

Indoor Air

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 500-510

  Yau, Y H ^a   Chew, B T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Actual mean vote; Hospital; Malaysia; Predicted mean vote; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

ASHRAE STANDARDS; THERMAL COMFORT; TROPICS;

ACTUAL MEAN VOTE; ASHRAE STANDARDS; COMFORT TEMPERATURES; FIELD STUDIES; FIELD SURVEYS; MALAYSIA; MALAYSIANS; PREDICTED MEAN VOTE; TEMPERATURE RANGE; WORKERS';

HOSPITALS;

PAPAYA MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 70450193644     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2009.00617.x     Document Type: Article

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