Scrotal cooling increases rectal temperature in man

Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 227, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 105-107

  Vash, Peter D ^a   Engels III, Thomas M ^b   Kandeel, Fouad R ^c   Greenway, Frank ^d  

^a Centry City Doctors Hospital   (United States)

^b Covance Inc ^*  (United States)

^c CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Human; Male; Reproduction; Scrotum; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; HUMAN; MALE; PILOT STUDY; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SCROTUM; THERMOREGULATION; WATER IMMERSION;

EID: 0036485683     PISSN: 00379727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153537020222700204     Document Type: Article

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