Mechanisms of underdeveloped sweating responses in prepubertal boys

European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 340-345

  Shibasaki, Manabu ^a   Inoue, Yoshimitsu ^a,b   Kondo, Narihiko ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Central sudomotor activity; Children; Maturation; Sweat gland output; Sweating rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREARM; HEAT STRESS; HEATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; METABOLISM; NORMAL HUMAN; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SWEAT GLAND; SWEATING; THIGH; THORAX;

ADULT; AGING; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; HEAT; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SWEAT GLANDS; SWEATING;

EID: 0030686580     PISSN: 03015548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004210050258     Document Type: Article

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