Model of human thermoregulation for intermittent regional cooling

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1065-1069

  Xu, Xiaojiang ^a   Berglund, Larry G ^a   Cheuvront, Samuel N ^a   Endrusick, Thomas L ^a   Kolka, Margaret A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Heat stress; Liquid cooling garment; Model; Personal cooling; Simulation; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; ENERGY BALANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; SIMULATION; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COLD; ENERGY METABOLISM; HEAT; HUMANS; MICROCLIMATE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 10044225991     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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