Exertional fatigue, sleep loss, and negative energy balance increase susceptibility to hypothermia

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1210-1217

  Young, Andrew J ^a,d   Castellani, John W ^a   O'Brien, Catherine ^a   Shippee, Ronald L ^a   Tikuisis, Peter ^c   Meyer, Lloyd G ^b   Blanchard, Laurie A ^a   Kain, James E ^a   Cadarette, Bruce S ^a   Sawka, Michael N ^a  

^a U States Army Res Inst EM   (United States)

^b Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory   (United States)

^c DEF AND CIV INST OF ENVIRON MED   (Canada)

^d U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body temperature regulation; Exhaustion; Sleep deprivation; Underfeeding

Indexed keywords

ARMY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY BALANCE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 0031694359     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1998.85.4.1210     Document Type: Article

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