| Document ID (ISN) | 68490 |
| CIS number |
97-280 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1877-7856 - Encyclopédie médico-chirurgicale |
| Year |
1996 |
| Convention or series no. |
Fascicule 16781 A20, 2-1996
|
| Author(s) |
Malchaire J. |
| Title |
Work in a hot environment |
| Original title |
Travail à la chaleur [in French] |
| Bibliographic information |
Toxicologie-Pathologie professionnelle, 2nd Quarter 1996, No.111, 4p. Illus. 12 ref. |
| Abstract |
Contents of this information note: extent of the problem (16% of French manual workers complained of the heat in a survey conducted in 1986); thermal balance; relevant standards (ISO 7726, 8996, 9920, 7730, 7243, 7933, 9886); measurement of basic parameters; heat indexes; hot environments (WBGT index, the Sweating Index SWreq); measurement strategies. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
France; hot workplaces; thermal environment; heat load |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
ISO; heat stress indices; WBGT index; heat stress assessment; comment on standard; data sheet; metabolic balance; encyclopaedia |
| Document type |
F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards |
| Country / State or Province | Belgium |
| Subject(s) |
Heating, ventilation and climate
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Physical hazards
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Heat and cold
|
