Continuous measurement of tympanic temperature with a new infrared method using an optical fiber

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 921-926

  Shibasaki, Manabu ^a   Kondo, Narihiko ^a   Tominaga, Hirotaka ^a   Aoki, Ken ^a   Hasegawa, Eiichi ^b   Idota, Yoshiyuki ^a   Moriwaki, Toshimichi ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIMADZU CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Core temperature; Device; Humans; Infrared sensor; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CORE TEMPERATURE; EARDRUM; ESOPHAGUS; EXERCISE TEST; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFRARED RADIATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOMETRY;

EID: 0031709378     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1998.85.3.921     Document Type: Article

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