The relationship between observational - perceptual heat strain evaluation method and environmental/physiological indices in warm workplace

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2013, Pages 358-362

  Dehghan, Habibollah ^a   Habibi, Ehsanollah ^a   Khodarahmi, B ^a   Hosseinali Yousefi, H A ^a   Hasanzadeh, Akbar ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Heat strain; Heat strain score index; Physiological strain index; Wet bulb globe temperature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HEAT STRAIN SCORE INDEX; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOUTH TEMPERATURE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRAIN INDEX; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; WET BULB GLOBE TEMPERATURE INDEX; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84874704016     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12669/pjms.291(Suppl).3534     Document Type: Article

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