Assessment of work-related risk criteria onboard a ship as an aid to designing its onboard environment

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16-22

  Orosa, José A ^a   Oliveira, Armando C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Design; Heat stress; Sweating index; Thermal comfort; Work risk

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CONTROL ROOMS; DATA SHEETS; DESIGN CONDITION; ENGINE CONTROL; ENGINE ROOMS; EXTREME CONDITIONS; HEAT STRESS; INDOOR TEMPERATURE; INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION; MARINE ENGINEERS; MERCHANT SHIPS; ONBOARD ENVIRONMENT; SWEATING INDEX; TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY; WORK-RELATED;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DESIGN; HUMIDITY CONTROL; MARINE ENGINEERING; MARINE ENGINES; MOISTURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY FACTOR; SHIPS; THERMAL COMFORT; THERMAL STRESS;

RISK ANALYSIS;

EID: 77949874982     PISSN: 09484280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00773-009-0067-0     Document Type: Article

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