1st Edition

Human Heat Stress

By Ken Parsons Copyright 2019
162 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

162 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

Thousands of people continue to die from heat. Heat illnesses and advice for preventing heat casualties at work, during heatwaves, sport and the effects of global warming are described. A new perspective on thermoregulation integrates physiological and psychophysical regulated variables. Heat stress indices, the WBGT and the SWreq are presented. It is time to understand and routinely use computer... Read more

1 Human Heat Stress

2 Thermoregulation and Human Response to Heat

3 Human Metabolic Heat

4 Human Heat Stress and Clothing

5 Measurement of Heat Stress

6 Measurement of Heat Strain

7 Assessment of Heat Stress Using the WBGT Index

8 Assessment of Heat Stress Using the Body Heat Equation

9 Computer Models for Assessing Human Heat Stress

10 Human Heat Illness and Prevention

11 Human Performance and Productivity in the Heat

12 Skin Burns and Contact with Hot Surfaces

Biography

Ken Parsons is author of the book ‘Human Thermal Environments’ which is in its 3rd Edition. He is Emeritus Professor of Environmental Ergonomics at Loughborough University in the UK having taught and researched in the area of Human response to thermal environments (heat stress, cold stress, thermal comfort..) for over 35 years. He is active in the subject and well placed to report on fundamental principles, application and recent developments in the subject. He holds international positions in China and on British, European and ISO committees.