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Human thermal environments :

(Number (ISBN

146659599X (hardback : acid-free paper)

(Number (ISBN

9781466595996 (hardback : acid-free paper)

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Title Proper

Human thermal environments :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

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

First Statement of Responsibility

Ken Parsons

Edition Statement

Third edition

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xxxviii, 597 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 543-584) and index

Text of Note

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

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Environmental engineering

Human engineering

Temperature-- Physiological effect

Adaptation, Physiological-- physiology

Body Temperature Regulation-- physiology

Environmental Exposure

Ergonomics

Models, Theoretical

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Edition

Class number

Book number

Class number

Class number

Parsons, K. C., (Kenneth C.),1953-

Date of Transaction

20160203201556.0

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