Citation

Pérez JFS, Ferradás EG, Alonso FD, García DP, Cano MVM, Cotorruelo JAB. Process. Saf. Environ. Prot. 2010; 88(2): 109-113.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Institution of Chemical Engineers and European Federation of Chemical Engineering, Publisher Hemisphere Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.psep.2009.11.007

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

In this paper new Probit equations are proposed to estimate damage produced by thermal radiation on humans (for first- and second-degree burns). They are compared to empirical threshold values and also to existing Probit equations. Results obtained are in good agreement with previous empirical experience. They also provide better estimations than existing equations. When an analysis is performed to study the evolution in the percentage of affected people by different degrees of damages, results show that proposed equations produce more consistent results than existing equations.