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BL
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644275
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Parsons, K. C., (Kenneth C.),1953-
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| Title & Author
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Human thermal environments : : the effects of hot, moderate, and cold environments on human health, comfort, and performance /\ Ken Parsons
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| Edition Statement
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Third edition
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xxxviii, 597 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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9781466595996 (hardback : acid-free paper)
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: 146659599X (hardback : acid-free paper)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 543-584) and index
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| Contents
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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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Temperature-- Physiological effect
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Environmental engineering
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Human engineering
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Adaptation, Physiological-- physiology
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Environmental Exposure
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Body Temperature Regulation-- physiology
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Ergonomics
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Models, Theoretical
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| Dewey Classification
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612/.01446
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| LC Classification
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QP82.2.T4P38 2014
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| NLM classification
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2014 G-050
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QT 140
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