Sex differences in endocrine response to hyperthermia in sauna

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 293-298

  JEZOVA D ^a   KVETNANSKY R ^a   VIGAS M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

adrenocorticotropin; catecholamines; Cortisol; hyperthermia; prolactin; sauna.

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; PROLACTIN; SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTHERMIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUNA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS;

ADULT; AGED; BODY TEMPERATURE; CATECHOLAMINES; CORTICOTROPIN; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART RATE; HORMONES; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE; KINETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PROLACTIN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STEAM BATH; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028264555     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: 1365201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.1994.tb09689.x     Document Type: Article

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