Comparison of mean skin temperature using 'covered' versus 'uncovered' contact thermistors

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 297-300

  Buono, Michael J ^a   Ulrich, Rachel L ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact thermistors; Forearm skin temperature; Mean skin temperature

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; THERMISTORS;

'DRY' [; CONDITION; CONTACT THERMISTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOREARM SKIN TEMPERATURE; MEAN SKIN TEMPERATURE; OUTER SURFACE; SKIN TEMPERATURES;

PROBES;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FOREARM; HEAT LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMIDITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOMETRY;

EID: 0031862177     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/19/2/016     Document Type: Article

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