Effects of various protective clothing and thermal environments on heat strain of unacclimated men: The PHS (Predicted Heat strain) model revisited

Industrial Health

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 266-274

  Wang, Faming ^a,b   Gao, Chuansi ^a   Kuklane, Kalev ^a   Holmér, Ingvar ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Heat strain; Heat stress; PHS model; Protective clothing; Thermophysiological response

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RECTUM; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SWEATING; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSE; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYSICAL EXERTION; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RECTUM; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SWEATING; TEMPERATURE; THERMOSENSING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883399860     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.2012-0073     Document Type: Article

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