A non-linear effect of ambient temperature on apparent glucose tolerance

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-40

  Moses, R G ^a,b   Patterson, M J ^a   Regan, J M ^a   Chaunchaiyakul, R ^a   Taylor, N A S ^a   Jenkins, A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ambient temperature; Diabetes; Glucose tolerance testing

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORE TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY TEMPERATURE; EAR, INNER; ENVIRONMENT; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; INSULIN; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0031128121     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8227(97)01391-0     Document Type: Article

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