Thermal comfort assessment of a surgical room through computational fluid dynamics using local PMV index.

BACKGROUND: Studies concerning indoor thermal conditions are very important in defining the satisfactory comfort range in health care facilities. OBJECTIVE: This study focuses on the evaluation of the thermal comfort sensation felt by surgeons and nurses, in an orthopaedic surgical room of a Portugu...

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Published in:	Work Vol. 51; no. 3; pp. 445 - 457
Main Authors:	Rodrigues, Nelson J. O., Oliveira, Ricardo F., Teixeira, Senhorinha F. C. F., Miguel, Alberto Sérgio, Teixeira, José Carlos, Baptista, João S.
Format:	algorithm pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article
Published:	Sage Publications Inc. 2015
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost