Decision Support for Subjects Exposed to Heat Stress

IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 402-410

  Seeberg, Trine M ^a   Vardøy, Astrid Sofie B ^a   Visser Taklo, Maaike M ^a   Austad, Hanne Opsahl ^a  

^a SINTEF ICT   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biomedicalmonitoring; Decision support systems; Heat stress; Wearable sensors

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKE; THERMAL STRESS; WEARABLE SENSORS;

BIOMEDICALMONITORING; DECISION SUPPORTS; FIRE FIGHTERS; HEAT STRESS; HIGH-RISK SITUATIONS; ONLINE DECISIONS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRAIN INDICES (PSI); SITUATION ANALYSIS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; ALGORITHM; AMBULATORY MONITORING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY TEMPERATURE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DEVICES; FEMALE; FIRE FIGHTER; HEART RATE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SKIN TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; HEAT INJURY; METHODOLOGY;

ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BODY TEMPERATURE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; FEMALE; FIREFIGHTERS; HEART RATE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MOVEMENT; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84885168467     PISSN: 21682194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JBHI.2013.2245141     Document Type: Article

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