Gender differences and non-thermal factors in thermal comfort of office occupants in a hot-arid climate

Elsevier Ergonomics Book Series

Volumn 3, Issue C, 2005, Pages 263-268

  Erlandson, Tamara M ^a   Cena, Krzysztof ^a   Dear, Richard de ^b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gender; Hot arid; Office occupants; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957073301     PISSN: 1572347X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1572-347X(05)80043-6     Document Type: Article

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