Comparison of responses of men to immersion in circulating water at 40.0 and 41.5°C

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 845-850

  Allison, Thomas G ^a   Reger, William E ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOT WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATH; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SWEATING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THERMOREGULATION; WATER IMMERSION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONFUSION; FEVER; HEART RATE; HEAT; HUMANS; HYDROTHERAPY; HYPOTENSION; IMMERSION; MALE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SWEATING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031712799     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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