Critical body temperature profile as indicator of heat stress vulnerability

Industrial Health

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 113-122

  Nag, P K ^a   Dutta, Priya ^a   Nag, Anjali ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (India)

Author keywords

Body temperature profile; Ceramic and pottery; Environmental warmth; Foundry and sheet metal; Stone quarry workers; WBGT

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874058901     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.2012-0108     Document Type: Article

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