Alcohol lowers the vasoconstriction threshold in humans without affecting core cooling rate during mild cold exposure

European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 293-295

  Johnston, Chad E ^a   Bristow, Gerald K ^a   Elias, Dwayne A ^a   Giesbrecht, Gordon G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Shivering; Sweating; Temperature regulation; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CORE TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FINGER BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIVERING; SWEATING; THERMOREGULATION; VASOCONSTRICTION; WATER IMMERSION;

EID: 0029783962     PISSN: 03015548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00377453     Document Type: Article

References (2)

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2. Fellows, I.W., Macdonald, I.A., and Bennett, T. (1984). The influence of environmental temperature upon the thermoregulatory responses to ethanol in man. Clin Sei 66:733-739.