Women's protective footwear : British Standards Institution British Standard 4972 1973, 4pp. Abstr in: BSI News

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1975
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 124 KB
• Volume: 6
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0003-6870
• DOI: 10.1016/0003-6870(75)90244-6

✦ Synopsis

a useful measure of thermal stress and record was kept of the clothing worn A series of three audiograms was methods for the determination of the by the children by means of completed for each subject, to provide preferred temperature are described, photographing a class every eight an accurate base-line from which to Objective measures of heat stress such minutes with a full-field time-lapse assess any additional deterioration in as its interference with sleep and its camera, including the time and hearing over a period of time. A effect on mortality in the aged are temperature on each shot. The number questionnaire was used to obtain shown to agree with the subjective of children stripped to the minimum information oi1 various aspects of the measure of thermal comfort. Means for permitted dress was found to correlate use of ear defenders. Initial results the mitigation of heat stress in hot significantly with the room show that hearing protection is climates are outlined, temperature. A way of using the acceptable and beneficial to workers clothing information to obtain thermal in the industry. A review of the present comfort data is suggested, stage of legislation and noise control is 6. 1.39 (64994) given at the end of the report.