Heat Stress Evaluation of Protective Clothing Ensembles

Heat Stress Evaluation of Protective Clothing Ensembles

Clothing directly affects the level of heat stress exposure. Useful measures to express the thermal characteristics are WBGT (wet bulb globe temperature) clothing adjustment factor (CAF) or apparent total evaporative resistance (Re,T,a). The CAF is assigned through laboratory wear trials following a...

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Main Author: Pease, Amanda Lee
Format: Others
Published: Scholar Commons 2010
Subjects:
heat stress
acclimatization
protective clothing
un-acclimatized
progressive heat stress protocol
American Studies
Arts and Humanities
Environmental Health and Protection
Industrial Engineering
Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene
Online Access:http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/3485
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