Thermal comfort in hospitals - A literature review

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 4071-4077

  Khodakarami, Jamal ^a   Nasrollahi, Nazanin ^a  

^a ILAM UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hospital staff; Iranian hospitals; Patient; Thermal comfort; Thermal sensation

Indexed keywords

COMFORT CONDITIONS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; PATIENT; THERMAL SENSATIONS;

HOSPITALS;

THERMAL COMFORT;

EID: 84860217667     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2012.03.054     Document Type: Review

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