Oral contraceptives elevate core temperature and heart rate during exercise in the heat

Clinical Physiology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 401-408

  Martin, J G ^a   Buono, M J ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth control pills; Cardiovascular drift; Hyperthermia; Synthetic progestogen

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMIDITY; LUTEAL PHASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SWEATING; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 0030860091     PISSN: 01445979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2281.1997.04444.x     Document Type: Article

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