Preferred room temperature self-selected by women under the influence of the menstrual cycle and time of day

Biological Rhythm Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 417-421

  Kim, Hee Eun ^b   Tokura, Hiromi ^a  

^a NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Core temperature; Menstrual cycle; Preferred room temperature; Setpoint; Time of day

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORE TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HEAT TOLERANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUTEAL PHASE; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 0010227894     PISSN: 09291016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/brhm.28.4.417.13118     Document Type: Article

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