Indoor climate and thermal physiological adaptation: Evidences from migrants with different cold indoor exposures

Building and Environment

Volumn 98, Issue , 2016, Pages 30-38

  Luo, Maohui ^a   Ji, Wenjie ^a   Cao, Bin ^a   Ouyang, Qin ^a   Zhu, Yingxin ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adaptive thermal comfort; Indoor thermal environment; Physiological adaptation; Thermal history

Indexed keywords

DISTRICT HEATING; HEATING; PHYSIOLOGY; SURVEYS; THERMAL COMFORT;

ADAPTIVE THERMAL COMFORT; COMPARATIVE EXPERIMENTS; INDOOR THERMAL ENVIRONMENTS; PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATIONS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; THERMAL ADAPTATION; THERMAL HISTORY;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

ADAPTATION; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; INDOOR AIR; MICROCLIMATE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE;

CHINA;

EID: 84952802906     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2015.12.015     Document Type: Article

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