Thermoregulatory modeling use and application in the military workforce

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 663-670

  Yokota, Miyo ^a   Berglund, Larry G ^a   Xu, Xiaojiang ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat stress; Military operations; Thermoregulatory model

Indexed keywords

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); HOT WORKING; MILITARY APPLICATIONS; MILITARY OPERATIONS; MILITARY VEHICLES; THERMAL STRESS;

HEAT STRESS; HOT ENVIRONMENTS; MODEL SIMULATION; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS; THERMAL TOLERANCE; THERMOREGULATORY; U.S. MILITARIES;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAT TOLERANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MILITARY SERVICE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PREDICTION; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMOREGULATION; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

HEAT STRESS; MILITARY OPERATIONS; THERMOREGULATORY MODEL;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; DOGS; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR VEHICLES; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING;

EID: 84892850083     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2013.09.010     Document Type: Article

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