Relationship between body heat content and finger temperature during cold exposure

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 2445-2452

  Brajkovic, Dragan ^a   Ducharme, Michel B ^a   Frim, John ^a  

^a DEF AND CIV INST OF ENVIRON MED   (Canada)

Author keywords

Finger dexterity; Heat loss; Heat storage; Torso heating

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CALORIMETRY; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINGER BLOOD FLOW; HEAT ACCLIMATIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TRUNK;

EID: 0035006303     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2001.90.6.2445     Document Type: Article

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