The physiological strain index applied to heat-stressed rats

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 895-901

  Moran, D S ^a,b   Horowitz, M ^c   Meiri, U ^c   Laor, A ^b   Pandolf, K B ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HELLER INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Exercise; Heart rate; Heat acclimation; Rectal temperature; Rodent

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; HEAT STRESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; THERMOREGULATION; TRAINING;

EID: 0032980870     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1999.86.3.895     Document Type: Article

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