Temperature gradient across the skin's layers has no influence on local skin vasomotor responses

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 313-316

  Aizawa, S ^a   Cabanac, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cutaneous blood flow; Human; Hyperthermia; Hypothermia; Oral temperature; Skin temperature; Temperature gradient; Temperature sensor

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034082168     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4565(99)00105-9     Document Type: Article

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