Evaluating thermal comfort conditions and health responses during an extremely hot summer in Athens

Building and Environment

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 339-344

  Pantavou, K ^a   Theoharatos, G ^a   Mavrakis, A ^a   Santamouris, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Emergency events; Health; Heat wave; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

AIR PRESSURES; AIR TEMPERATURE; AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; ATHENS , GREECE; COMFORT CONDITIONS; COMFORT ZONE; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; EMERGENCY EVENTS; GROUND SURFACES; HEALTH RESPONSE; HEAT LOADS; HEAT STRESS CONDITION; HEAT WAVE; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL SENSATIONS; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; WIND VELOCITIES;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; HEALTH; HOSPITALS; SUN;

THERMAL COMFORT;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEATING; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SOLAR RADIATION; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; URBAN AREA; WIND VELOCITY;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; GREECE;

EID: 77957776146     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2010.07.026     Document Type: Article

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