The influence of age on thermosensitivity during cold water immersion

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 194-202

  Glickman, Ellen L ^a   Caine Bish, N ^a   Cheatham, C C ^b   Blegen, M ^c   Potkanowicz, E S ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MOUNT UNION   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Cold exposure; Core temperature; Thermosensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOGENESIS; WATER IMMERSION;

EID: 0036378036     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/1080-6032(2002)013[0194:TIOAOT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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