Evolution of skin temperature at different temperature and humidity conditions

• Tipo: Capítulo ou Parte de Livro
• Data: 2014

Autores

Emília Quelhas Costa (Autor) FEUP; João Santos Baptista (Autor) FEUP; Jorge Carvalho (Autor) FEUP

Livro

Título: Occupational Safety and Hygiene II

1º Edição

Páginas: 187-191

ISBN: 978-1-138-00144-2

ISBN Eletrónico: 978-1-315-77352-0

Editora: CRC Press

Indexação

ISI Web of Science

Scopus

Classificação Científica

FOS: Ciências da engenharia e tecnologias > Outras ciências da engenharia e tecnologias

CORDIS: Ciências Tecnológicas > Tecnologia > Tecnologia da segurança

Outras Informações

Abstract (EN): The skin temperature changes according to external environmental conditions and can be an important physiological parameter to characterize the thermal sensation of the human body. The aim of this paper is to present results concerning the evolution of the skin temperature over three days in different environmental conditions. For that purpose, five healthy young volunteers were recruited to participate in the experiments. The subjects were fully informed about the trials before giving their written consent to participate. Trials were conducted with three days of acclimation in a climatic chamber at 20ºC/30% relative humidity (HR); 20ºC/60% HR and 32ºC/60% HR. In spite of the different individual characteristics, three of the subjects reached a very similar skin temperature level on the third day at 20ºC and 30% HR. But it was also found different behavior among individuals at the same temperature of 20ºC with different relative humidities (30% HR and 60% HR)

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica