What effect will a few degrees of climate change have on human heat balance? Implications for human activity

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 147-160

  Maloney, Shane K ^a   Forbes, Cecil F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acclimatisation; Economic activity; Leisure; Sweating; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; LEISURE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SWEATING; TEMPERATURE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SWEATING; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79952006986     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-010-0320-6     Document Type: Article

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