Peripheral responses to cold: Case studies from an Arctic expedition

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 112-119

  O'Brien, Catherine ^a   Frykman, Peter N ^b  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acclimatization; Cold induced vasodilation; Load carriage; Peripheral blood flow; Trench foot

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CASE REPORT; COLD EXPOSURE; COLD INJURY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; SKIING; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WARMING; WATER IMMERSION; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0038384616     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/1080-6032(2003)014[0112:PRTCCS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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