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Environmental Ergonomics XII<br />

Igor B. Mekjavic, Stelios N. Kounalakis & Nigel A.S. Taylor (Eds.), © BIOMED, Ljubljana <strong>2007</strong><br />

Figure 1: Mean body temperature changes during steady-state exercise in a hot-dry climate,<br />

whilst wearing each of four different chemical and biological protective ensembles.<br />

Second, on the basis of changes in the area-weighted skin temperatures, ensemble C appeared<br />

to offer some thermal advantage over either of the other new ensembles (A or B), although<br />

this was not reflected within any of the other physiological indices. Significant time by<br />

ensemble interactions revealed that, when subjects wore ensemble C, the mean skin<br />

temperatures were generally lower, and deviated significantly over time, relative to changes<br />

encountered when wearing ensembles A, B and D (P0.05). Furthermore, local skin temperature differences consistent with those for mean skin<br />

temperature, were evident at the forehead, chest, back and upper arms (P

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