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DISCUSSION
Thermal responses to the different conditions were quite distinct. At both
temperatures additional wetting of underwear reduces skin temperature and more so
with permeable outer layer. In spite of minimal mass loss at 10 °C subjects in wet
impermeable clothes cooled similarly to wet permeable. The data provide a good basis
for more detailed analysis with the THERMPROTECT manikin measurements, and for
validation of available prediction models.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This work was funded by the European Union GROWTH Programme project
“THERMPROTECT, Assessment of Thermal Properties of Protective Clothing and
Their Use” contract G6RD-CT-2002-00846.
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