| Document ID (ISN) | 30926 |
| CIS number |
79-418 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0002-8894 - American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal |
| Year |
1978 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Tanaka M., Brisson G.R., Volle M.A. |
| Title |
Body temperatures in relation to heart rate for workers wearing impermeable clothing in a hot environment. |
| Bibliographic information |
Nov. 1978, Vol.39, No.11, p.885-890. Illus. 20 ref. |
| Abstract |
Under conditions of high environmental temperature, the addition of a vapour-impermeable clothing barrier may greatly increase the heat stress for the wearer, and heat exhaustion may rapidly occur. Under such conditions, skin temperature in 10 healthy male volunteers reached 37.2±4°C after 30min at rest. Walking increased the rectal and skin temperature to 38.4 and 38.°C respectively after 30 min, and the heart rate was 162 beats/min. These responses did not reach a plateau after 30 min, and rectal temperature continued to rise after the subjects stopped walking. If rectal temperature is used as an index of work safety, a low rectal temperature is required when impermeable clothing is worn in a hot environment. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
protective clothing; body temperature; hot workplaces; impermeable fabrics; pulse rate |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
body-core temperature; skin temperature; human experiments; heat exhaustion; heat load |
| Document type |
- |
| Subject(s) |
Heating, ventilation and climate
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Cardiovascular diseases
Heat and cold
Protective clothing
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