Torso undergarments: Their merit for clothed and armored individuals in hot-dry conditions

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1107-1113

  Van Den Heuvel, Anne M J ^a,b   Kerry, Pete ^a,b   Van Der Velde, Jeroen H P M ^a,b   Patterson, Mark J ^a,b   Taylor, Nigel A S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clothing; Evaporation; Sweating; Undergarments

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOTHING; EXERCISE; HEAT; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SOLDIER; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEXTILE; THERMOREGULATION; WATER VAPOR;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CLOTHING; EXERCISE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MILITARY PERSONNEL; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STEAM; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEXTILES; YOUNG ADULT;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 79951648162     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2854.2010     Document Type: Article

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