Human perspiration measurement

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 449-461

  Ohhashi, Toshio ^a   Sakaguchi, Masao ^b   Tsuda, Takao ^c  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGANO NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Human perspiration; Palmar sweating; Skin potential; Sweat drops

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; CAPACITIVE SENSORS; FLOW OF GASES; HUMIDITY SENSORS; PHYSIOLOGY;

CAPACITIVE HUMIDITY SENSORS; HUMAN PERSPIRATIONS; HUMIDITY SENSITIVE; PALMAR SWEATING; PERFORMANCE AND APPLICATIONS; PHYSIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; SKIN POTENTIAL; SWEAT DROP; THIN-FILMS; VENTILATED CHAMBERS;

DROPS;

EMOTION; HAND PALM; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN POTENTIAL; SWEAT GLAND; SWEATING; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 0031790669     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/19/4/001     Document Type: Review

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