Thermoregulatory model for prediction of long-term cold exposure

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 287-298

  Xu, Xiaojiang ^a   Tikuisis, Peter ^b   Gonzalez, Richard ^a   Giesbrecht, Gordon ^c  

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

^b DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cold stress; Hypothermia; Mathematical model; Shivering; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

AIR; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OILS AND FATS;

AEROBIC CAPACITY; COLD EXPOSURE; CORE TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATORY RESPONSES;

IMMUNOLOGY;

WATER;

AEROBIC CAPACITY; AIR; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; COLD EXPOSURE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION; WATER IMMERSION;

ADULT; AIR; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COLD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMERSION; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SHIVERING; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

EID: 14644398642     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2004.01.004     Document Type: Article

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