Psychophysical determination of moisture perception in high-performance shirt fabrics in relation to sweating level

Ergonomics

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 576-586

  Jeon, Eunkyung ^a   Yoo, Shinjung ^b   Kim, Eunae ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Demand wettability; Difference threshold; End use specific evaluation; Moisture perception; Shirt fabric; Sweat levels

Indexed keywords

DEMAND WETTABILITY; DIFFERENCE THRESHOLD; END-USE-SPECIFIC EVALUATION; SHIRT FABRIC; SWEAT LEVELS;

ABSORPTION; COTTON; ESTERS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MOISTURE; TEXTILE PROCESSING; TEXTILES;

MOISTURE DETERMINATION;

EID: 79959321279     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2011.582958     Document Type: Article

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