Heatstroke at home: Prediction by thermoregulation modeling

Building and Environment

Volumn 137, Issue , 2018, Pages 147-156

  Deng, Qihong ^a   Zhao, Jinping ^a   Liu, Weiwei ^a   Li, Yuguo ^b  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Core body temperature; Global warming; Heatstroke; Indoor environment; Survival time; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

AIR; CURRICULA; DEHYDRATION; THERMAL STRESS;

BODY TEMPERATURE; CORE BODY; CORE BODY TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; HEAT STRESS; HEATSTROKE; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; SURVIVAL TIME; THERMOREGULATION; THERMOREGULATORY;

GLOBAL WARMING;

BODY TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL WARMING; INDOOR AIR; MODELING; PREDICTION; SURVIVAL; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 85045387855     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2018.04.017     Document Type: Article

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