Human thermal comfort and heat stress in an outdoor urban arid environment: A case study

Advances in Meteorology

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Abdel Ghany, A M ^a,b   Al Helal, I M ^a   Shady, M R ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Aswan University   (Egypt)

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EID: 84874900635     PISSN: 16879309     EISSN: 16879317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/693541     Document Type: Article

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