Heat stress in chemical protective clothing: Porosity and vapour resistance

Ergonomics

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 497-507

  Havenith, George ^a   den Hartog, Emiel ^b   Martini, Svein ^c  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chemical protection; Clothing; Evaporative resistance; Heat strain; PPE

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PROTECTION; CLOTHING; EVAPORATIVE RESISTANCE; HEAT STRAIN; PPE;

AIR PERMEABILITY; CHEMICAL RESISTANCE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; TEXTILES;

HEAT RESISTANCE;

ARTICLE; HEAT INJURY; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NORWAY; PHYSIOLOGY; POROSITY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SWEATING;

HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; NORWAY; POROSITY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SWEATING;

EID: 79956341690     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2011.558638     Document Type: Article

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