Ebola: improving the design of protective clothing for emergency workers allows them to better cope with heat stress and help to contain the epidemic

Affiliations

¹ 1.Ergonomics and Aerosol Technology, Design Sciences, Lund University, PO Box 118, 22100 Lund, Sweden E-mail: kalev.kuklane@design.lth.se.
² 2.Social Medicine and Global Health, Lund University, PO Box 118, 22100 Lund, Sweden.
³ 3.Centre for Societal Resilience, Lund University, PO Box 118, 22100 Lund, Sweden.
⁴ 4.Human Ecology, Lund University, PO Box 118, 22100 Lund, Sweden.
⁵ 5.Architecture and Build Environment, Lund University, PO Box 118, 22100 Lund, Sweden.
⁶ 6.Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Lund University, PO Box 118, 22100 Lund, Sweden.
⁷ 7.Nuclear Physics, Lund University, PO Box 118, 22100 Lund, Sweden.
⁸ 8.Lund University Center for Sustainability Science, Lund University, PO Box 118, 22100 Lund, Sweden.
⁹ 9.Water Resources Engineering, Lund University, PO Box 118, 22100 Lund, Sweden.
¹⁰ 10.Centre for Environmental and Climate Research, Lund University, PO Box 118, 22100 Lund, Sweden 11.Center for Work Environment and Leadership, Lund University, PO Box 118, 22100 Lund, Sweden.
¹¹ 12.Health and Environment International Trust, 168 Stafford Drive, Mapua, 7005 New Zealand 13.Pufendorf Institute, Lund University, PO Box 118, 22100 Lund, Sweden.

Kalev Kuklane et al. Ann Occup Hyg. 2015 Mar.

. 2015 Mar;59(2):258-61.

doi: 10.1093/annhyg/mev003.

¹ 1.Ergonomics and Aerosol Technology, Design Sciences, Lund University, PO Box 118, 22100 Lund, Sweden E-mail: kalev.kuklane@design.lth.se.
² 2.Social Medicine and Global Health, Lund University, PO Box 118, 22100 Lund, Sweden.
³ 3.Centre for Societal Resilience, Lund University, PO Box 118, 22100 Lund, Sweden.
⁴ 4.Human Ecology, Lund University, PO Box 118, 22100 Lund, Sweden.
⁵ 5.Architecture and Build Environment, Lund University, PO Box 118, 22100 Lund, Sweden.
⁶ 6.Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Lund University, PO Box 118, 22100 Lund, Sweden.
⁷ 7.Nuclear Physics, Lund University, PO Box 118, 22100 Lund, Sweden.
⁸ 8.Lund University Center for Sustainability Science, Lund University, PO Box 118, 22100 Lund, Sweden.
⁹ 9.Water Resources Engineering, Lund University, PO Box 118, 22100 Lund, Sweden.
¹⁰ 10.Centre for Environmental and Climate Research, Lund University, PO Box 118, 22100 Lund, Sweden 11.Center for Work Environment and Leadership, Lund University, PO Box 118, 22100 Lund, Sweden.
¹¹ 12.Health and Environment International Trust, 168 Stafford Drive, Mapua, 7005 New Zealand 13.Pufendorf Institute, Lund University, PO Box 118, 22100 Lund, Sweden.

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