Exercise in Hot and Cold Environments: Differential Effects on Leukocyte Number and NK Cell Activity

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1231-1236

  McFarlin, Brian K ^a   Mitchell, Joel B ^a  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold; Heat; Immunity; Leukocyte; NKCA; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM 51;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY TEMPERATURE; CELL ASSAY; COLD; COLD EXPOSURE; COLD STRESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; HEART RATE; HEAT; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUTROPHIL; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETER; PHYSIOLOGY; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL EXPOSURE; THERMOREGULATION; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COLD; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; HEAT; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE;

EID: 0346123003     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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