The thermal environment of the human being on the global scale

Global Health Action

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Jendritzky, Gerd ^a   Tinz, Birger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acclimatisation; Bioclimate mapping; Climate impact research; Cold stress; Heat load; Perceived temperature; Thermal assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953104319     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v2i0.2005     Document Type: Article

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