Includes bibliographical references (pages 545-584) and index.
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chapter 1. Human thermal environments -- chapter 2. The human heat balance equation and the thermal audit -- chapter 3. Human thermal physiology and thermoregulation -- chapter 4. Psychological responses and human behaviour -- chapter 5. Measurement methods and assessment techniques -- chapter 6. Dehydration and water requirements -- chapter 7. Thermal models -- chapter 8. Metabolic heat production -- chapter 9. The thermal properties of clothing -- chapter 10. The thermal properties of clothing -- chapter 11. Thermal comfort -- chapter 12. Thermal comfort for special environments -- chapter 13. Thermal comfort for special populations -- chapter 14. Heat stress -- chapter 15. Cold stress -- chapter 16. Thermal environments and human performance -- chapter 17. Human skin contact with hot, moderate and cold surfaces -- chapter 18. International standards -- chapter 19. Weather, climate change and energy use -- chapter 20. People in extreme heat and cold, hypobaric and hyperbaric environments, water, space and extreme sport.