Complexity analysis of the temperature curve: New information from body temperature

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 89, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 230-237

  Varela, Manuel ^a   Jimenez, Leticia ^a   Fariña, Rosa ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE MÓSTOLES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Complexity; Fever; Fractals; Nonlinear dynamics; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEVICE; ENTROPY; FEMALE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037636048     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-002-0790-2     Document Type: Article

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