Relevance of individual characteristics for human heat stress response is dependent on exercise intensity and climate type

European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 231-241

  Havenith, George ^a   Coenen, John M L ^a   Kistemaker, Lyda ^a   Kenney, W Larry ^b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body surface area and mass; Dry and humid heat; Heat tolerance; Physical fitness; Sex

Indexed keywords

ARM BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEAT STRESS; HEAT TOLERANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; THERMOGENESIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY SURFACE AREA; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CLIMATE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031932732     PISSN: 03015548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004210050327     Document Type: Article

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