Physiological responses to temperature and humidity compared to the assessment by UTCI, WGBT and PHS

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 505-513

  Kampmann, Bernhard ^a   Bröde, Peter ^b   Fiala, Dusan ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

^c Ergonsim Comfort Energy Efficiency   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heat stress; Index; Model; Physiological strain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SWEATING; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CLIMATE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGICAL CONCEPTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SWEATING; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84860387622     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-011-0410-0     Document Type: Article

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