The use of infra-red thermography in medical examinations of seafarers working in the cold climate.
The author presents the method of monitoring the blood circulation in hands of seafarers examined, and infra-red radiation registration as an objective way of evaluating their fitness for work on ships which sail in the cold climate of the North of the USSR. An infra-red thermograph was used for this study.
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Medical Institute, Archangel, USSR.
D001110:Arctic Regions; D001132:Arm / Q000098:blood supply; D003081:Cold Climate; D003080:Cold Temperature; D006225:Hand / Q000098:blood supply*; D006801:Humans; D007259:Infrared Rays; D009326:Naval Medicine; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D013817:Thermography / Q000379:methods; D014586:USSR