Relationship between thermoregulatory parameters and DEXA-estimated regional fat

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-27

  Glickman Weiss, E L ^a   Hearon, C M ^b   Nelson, A G ^c   Kime, J ^d  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Armstrong Laboratory   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

air temperature; cold exposure; percent body fat; rectal temperature; thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0029960216     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/1080-6032(1996)007[0019:RBTPAD]2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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