Reexamination of tympanic membrane temperature as a core temperature

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1233-1239

  Sato, Kent T ^a   Kane, Neal L ^a   Soos, Gyula ^a   Gisolfi, Carl V ^a   Kondo, Narihiko ^a   Sato, Kenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

esophageal temperature; temperature; thermal transient; thermocouple probe; tympanic temperature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORE TEMPERATURE; EARDRUM; ESOPHAGUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 0029877451     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1996.80.4.1233     Document Type: Article

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