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Human thermal environments : the effects of hot, moderate, and cold environments on human health, comfort, and performance /

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In the ten years since the publication of the second edition of Human Thermal Environments: The Effects of Hot, Moderate, and Cold Environments on Human Health, Comfort, and Performance, Third Edition, the world has embraced electronic communications, making international collaboration almost instan...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Parsons, K. C. (Kenneth C.), 1953- (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2014]
Edition:Third edition.
Subjects:
Temperature > Physiological effect.
Environmental engineering.
Human engineering.
Adaptation, Physiological > physiology.
Environmental Exposure.
Body Temperature Regulation > physiology.
Ergonomics.
Models, Theoretical.
Ebooks.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book.
Table of Contents:
  • Human thermal environments
  • The human heat balance equation and the thermal audit
  • Human thermal physiology and thermoregulation
  • Psychological responses and human behaviour
  • Measurement methods and assessment techniques
  • Dehydration and water requirements
  • Thermal models
  • Metabolic heat production
  • The thermal properties of clothing
  • Testing and developing clothing
  • Thermal comfort
  • Thermal comfort for special environments
  • Thermal comfort for special populations
  • Heat stress
  • Cold stress
  • Thermal environments and human performance
  • Human skin contact with hot, moderate and cold surfaces
  • International standards
  • Weather, climate change and energy use
  • People in extreme heat and cold, hypobaric and hyperbaric environments, water, space and extreme sport.