Technique for continuously monitoring core body temperatures to prevent heat stress disorders in workers engaged in physical labor

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 167-175

  Nagano, Chikage ^a   Tsutsui, Takao ^a   Monji, Koichi ^b   Sogabe, Yasuhiro ^b   Idota, Nozomi ^a   Horie, Seichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Auditory canal; Body temperature; Heat stress disorders; Occupational health; Skin temperature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; HEAT INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMOMETER; WORK;

BODY TEMPERATURE; EAR CANAL; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; THERMOMETERS; WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956898351     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13489585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.L9160     Document Type: Article

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