Effect of ambient temperature on human pain and temperature perception

Anesthesiology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 699-707

  Strigo, Irina A ^b   Carli, Franco ^b   Bushnell, M Catherine ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cold; Cool; Psychophysics; Warm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD SENSATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 0034054120     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200003000-00014     Document Type: Article

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