Inter-laboratory tests on thermal foot models

Elsevier Ergonomics Book Series

Volumn 3, Issue C, 2005, Pages 449-457

  Kuklane, Kelev ^a,b   Holmér, Ingvar ^a,b   Anttonen, Hannu ^c   Burke, Rick ^d   Doughty, Peter ^e   Endrusick, Thomas ^f   Hellsten, Mari ^g   Shen, Yuhong ^h   Uedelhoven, Wolfgang ⁱ  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^d Measurement Technology NW ^*  (United States)

^e SATRA Quality Assurance Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^f USARIEM   (United States)

^g VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^h Quartermaster Research Institute   (China)

ⁱ Bundeswehr Research Institute for Materials Explosives Fuels and Lubricants   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cold protection; Footwear; Insulation; Moisture absorption; Moisture transport; Standard test method; Sweating simulation; Thermal foot model

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957774205     PISSN: 1572347X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1572-347X(05)80071-0     Document Type: Article

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