TY - GEN
T1 - Reducing the risk of heat stroke during bathing
AU - Sugimoto, Yuri
AU - Ikaga, Toshiharu
AU - Hori, Shingo
AU - Suzuki, Masaru
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - This paper reports the relationship of bathing habits and elevation of body temperature with the risk of heat stroke. It is difficult to conduct an experiment on a human body to elucidate this relationship because such an experiment may be life threatening. First, to understand the relationship between bathing habits and elevation of body temperature, the existing human physiological model was improved to a new Model that can predict accurately body temperature during bathing. Second, to understand the relationship between body temperature and risk of heat stroke, actual data on physiological temperature changes associated with heat stroke provided by a medical institution were analyzed, and a predictive formula for determining risk of heat stroke was developed, taking into account different body temperatures.
AB - This paper reports the relationship of bathing habits and elevation of body temperature with the risk of heat stroke. It is difficult to conduct an experiment on a human body to elucidate this relationship because such an experiment may be life threatening. First, to understand the relationship between bathing habits and elevation of body temperature, the existing human physiological model was improved to a new Model that can predict accurately body temperature during bathing. Second, to understand the relationship between body temperature and risk of heat stroke, actual data on physiological temperature changes associated with heat stroke provided by a medical institution were analyzed, and a predictive formula for determining risk of heat stroke was developed, taking into account different body temperatures.
KW - Bathing habits
KW - Elevation of body temperature
KW - Risk of heat stroke
KW - Thermal environment
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84880541708
SN - 9781627482721
T3 - 12th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate 2011
SP - 915
EP - 920
BT - 12th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate 2011
T2 - 12th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate 2011
Y2 - 5 June 2011 through 10 June 2011
ER -