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- Title
EXTREME TEMPERATURES AND THEIR EFFECTS ON THE HUMAN BODY.
- Authors
Capşa, Doina; Nedeff, Valentin; Vasilică, Maria; Gabriel, Laz ăr; Mirela, Panainte; Narcis, Bârsan
- Abstract
The air temperature presents a periodic variation (diurnal and seasonal) and a non-scheduled one due to the atmospheric disturbances. The extreme values of the temperatures recorded in the warm and cold season cause biological disturbances in the human body and they require adaptation to the changes of rhythm and of thermal comfort. The temperature correlation with the air moisture in the warm season, as well as in the cold one with the wind speed, is achieved by the temperature humidity index (THI) and the cooling index (IR). This paper outlines the general aspects in Romania related to temperature, temperature humidity index, the hot weather and cooling index, combined with the effects produced by these general aspects on the human body. Also, the study analyzed the above mentioned issues in the region of Moldova from 2006 to 2007.
- Subjects
ROMANIA; ATMOSPHERIC temperature; PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of seasonal temperature variations; BIOCLIMATOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL adaptation
- Publication
Present Environment & Sustainable Development, 2012, Vol 6, Issue 2, p387
- ISSN
1843-5971
- Publication type
Article