Psychrometric limits and critical evaporative coefficients for unacclimated men and women

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2256-2263

  Kenney, W Larry ^a   Zeman, Michael J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Core temperature; Heat acclimation; Heat balance; Heat exchange; Heat stress; Psychrometric chart; Sex differences; Sweat evaporation; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; CALORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVAPORATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEAT ACCLIMATIZATION; HEAT EXCHANGE; HEAT LOSS; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; METABOLISM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEAT; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION; VAPOR PRESSURE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0036081882     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01040.2001     Document Type: Article

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