Thermal comfort of patients: Objective and subjective measurements in patient rooms of a Belgian healthcare facility

Building and Environment

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1195-1204

  Verheyen, Jan ^a   Theys, Nele ^a   Allonsius, Luk ^a   Descamps, Filip ^b  

^a Hogeschool Antwerpen   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Healthcare facility; Hospital; Patients; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; BUILDING SYSTEMS; COMFORT PERCEPTION; HEALTHCARE FACILITY; OBJECTIVE MEASUREMENT; PATIENTS; PREDICTED MEAN VOTE; THERMAL RESPONSE; VASCULAR SURGERY;

HOSPITALS; NEUROLOGY; SURGERY; SURVEYS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

THERMAL COMFORT;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL SECTOR;

BELGIUM;

PAPAYA MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 78651438294     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2010.12.014     Document Type: Article

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