Approach to the evaluation of the thermal work environment in the greenhouse-construction industry of SE Spain

Building and Environment

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1725-1734

  Pérez Alonso, José ^a   Callejón Ferre, Ángel J ^a   Carreño Ortega, Ángel ^a   Sánchez Hermosilla, Julián ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Construction; Greenhouses; Heat stress; Thermal environment; WBGT index

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION WORKERS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HEAT STRESS; LARGE PARTS; QUADRATIC EQUATIONS; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT; TIME OF DAY; WBGT INDEX; WORK ENVIRONMENTS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; GREENHOUSES; HUMAN ENGINEERING;

THERMAL STRESS;

CONSTRUCTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEAT SOURCE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 79953223619     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.02.014     Document Type: Article

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