Long-term, irradiation-induced effects on thermoregulation in the skin after thermal stimulation

Radiation Medicine - Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 413-421

  Sekine, Hiroshi ^a   Sugenoya, Junichi ^b   Fukuda, Ichirou ^a   Honda, Chikara ^a   Kobayashi, Masao ^a   Aoki, Manabu ^a   Kanehira, Chihiro ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Radiation effect; Radiotherapy; Skin temperature; Stratum corneum; Sweat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE; SKIN FUNCTION; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STRATUM CORNEUM; SWEATING; THERMAL STIMULATION; THERMOGRAPHY; THERMOREGULATION;

ADULT; AGED; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAT; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SWEATING; THERMOGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 12444304490     PISSN: 02882043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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