the effects of hot, moderate, and cold environments on human health, comfort, and performance /
Ken Parsons
Third edition
xxxviii, 597 pages :
illustrations ;
24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 543-584) and index
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