Moderate hypoxia does not affect the zone of thermal comfort in humans

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 93, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 708-713

  Golja, Petra ^b,c   Kacin, A ^b,d   Tipton, M J ^b   Mekjavic, I B ^a,b  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOVA GORICA   (Slovenia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Anapyrexia; Oxygen depleted environment; Preferred temperature; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

ADULT; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOXIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIMULATION; SUPINE POSITION; THERMOREGULATION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; ANOXIA; BODY TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN; PERCEPTION; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 15944363835     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-004-1306-z     Document Type: Article

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