Revisiting the Humidity Ramp Protocol for Assessing Human Heat Tolerance Limits

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  2026

• Venue

  bioRxiv

• Publication date

  2026-02-19

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1101/2025.11.09.686670
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