The universal thermal climate index UTCI compared to ergonomics standards for assessing the thermal environment

Industrial Health

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 16-24

  Bröde, Peter ^a   Błazejczyk, Krzysztof ^b   Fiala, Dusan ^c   Havenith, George ^d   Holmér, Ingvar ^e   Jendritzky, Gerd ^f   Kuklane, Kalev ^e   Kampmann, Bernhard ^g  

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

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND SPATIAL ORGANIZATION   (Poland)

^c Ergonsim Comfort Energy Efficiency   (Germany)

^d LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ergonomics; Index; Model; Standards; Thermal Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874086210     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.2012-0098     Document Type: Review

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