Citation

Forsthoff A, Neffgen H. J. Hum. Ergol. (Tokyo) 1996; 25(1): 20-25.

Affiliation

Department of Environmental Physiology and Occupational Medicine, Universität Dortmund, Germany.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1996, Human Ergology Research Association, Publisher University of Tokyo Press)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9551127

Abstract

At industrial workplaces radiant heat load is often the dominant heat stress factor. Based on 900 climatic chamber experiments on humans, this study was conducted to develop a physiologically validated index-method to evaluate climates with intensified heat radiation. A comparison shows that the international recommended heat stress indices are not suitable to evaluate such climates correctly. By application of the new index-method into the commonly used indices, the improvement for the prediction of thermal stress effects in view of climates with increased heat radiation is discussed.

Language: en