Thermal status of wet-suited divers using closed circuit O2 apparatus in sea water of 17-18.5°C

European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 69-74

  Arieli, R ^a   Kerem, D ^a   Gonen, A ^a   Goldenberg, I ^a   Shoshani, O ^a   Daskalovic, Y I ^a   Shupak, A ^a  

^a ISRAEL NAVAL MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Oxygen consumption; Rectal temperature; Subcutaneous fat thickness; Thermal insulation

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD SENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVING; HEAT EXCHANGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN BREATHING; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN TENSION; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; WATER IMMERSION;

ALTITUDE; BODY TEMPERATURE; DIVING; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RECTUM; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030825658     PISSN: 03015548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004210050214     Document Type: Article

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