Infographic. Cooling strategies to attenuate PPE-induced heat strain during the COVID-19 pandemic

Br J Sports Med. 2021 Jan;55(1):69-70. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2020-102528. Epub 2020 Jun 10.

Coen Cwg Bongers^{1

2}, Johannus Q de Korte³, Milene Catoire⁴, Job Greefhorst⁴, Maria T E Hopman³, Boris Kingma^{4

5}, Thijs M H Eijsvogels³

¹ Department of Physiology, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands coen.bongers@radboudumc.nl.
² Faculty of Health Sciences, Thermal Ergonomics Laboratory, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
³ Department of Physiology, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
⁴ The Netherlands Organization for Applied Sciences, Unit Defence, Safety and Security, TNO, Soesterberg, The Netherlands.
⁵ Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, Section for Integrative Physiology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Keywords: heat stress; protective clothing; thermoregulation; work.

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