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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: Sweat capsules secured to torso sites. A capsule is visible on left shoulder, but one<br />

is not visible at the upper left chest (just below the clavicle).<br />

Auditory canal (insulated) and skin temperatures (Edale instruments Ltd., Cambridge, U.K.)<br />

were recorded at 5-s intervals (1206 Series Squirrel, Grant Instruments Pty Ltd., Cambridge,<br />

U.K.). Skin temperatures from eight regions were used to derive an area-weighted mean skin<br />

temperature (ISO 9886:1992), with skin temperatures next to each sweat capsule also being<br />

recorded. Heart rate was also monitored (Vantage NV, Polar Electro SportTester, Finland).<br />

RESULTS<br />

The mean terminal core temperature was 39.1 o C, with the corresponding heart rate being 182<br />

b.min -1 . These represented significant elevations from the mean as pre-exposure values of<br />

37.1 o C and 83 b.min -1 (P

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