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  • 标题:Changes in thermal comfort, core temperature, and body weight during simulated parcel home-delivery in summer and winter
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  • 作者:Ami NAKAYAMA ; Toshihito MITSUI ; Tomonori NAKATA
  • 期刊名称:Industrial Health
  • 印刷版ISSN:0019-8366
  • 电子版ISSN:1880-8026
  • 出版年度:2019
  • 卷号:57
  • 期号:5
  • 页码:604-614
  • DOI:10.2486/indhealth.2018-0183
  • 出版社:National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
  • 摘要:

    Our aim was to determine differences in thermal comfort during simulated one-day parcel home delivery between summer and winter. Six young healthy males performed experiments in summer (up to 31°C) and winter (up to 8°C). After baseline measurement in a chamber, subjects drove a truck to a prespecified location for outside measurements. They performed 4 sets of 100-m walk with carrying 5-kg plate during the first 50-m walk at 100 m/min, separated by 7-min driving in each of the morning and the afternoon. Subjects could ingest water ad libitum in outside and set the cockpit temperature by themselves during driving. Thermal sensation and comfort were recorded using a subjective scale at the first and the last sets of each morning and afternoon session, while esophageal temperature (Tes) was monitored (thermocouples). Body weight was measured before and the end of experiment. We found that 1) whole-body comfort decreased in summer and the decrease was greater than winter with higher Tes and 2) changes in body weight were 0.7 and 0.3 kg through whole day in summer and winter, respectively. In summary, thermal comfort during working worsened in summer, possibly related with higher core temperature and greater decrease in body weight.

  • 关键词:Perception;Hydration;Hyperthermia;Heat;Cold
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