Finger skin cooling on contact with cold materials: A comparison between male and female responses during short-term exposures

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 373-381

  Jay, Ollie ^a   Havenith, George ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cold injury; Contact; Hand size; Sex differences; Skin freezing

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; NYLON; STAINLESS STEEL;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; COLD EXPOSURE; COLD INJURY; COLD TOLERANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FINGER; FORCE; HAND; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TOUCH; VARIANCE; VOLUNTEER; WOOD;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COLD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SEX FACTORS; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

EID: 1842688826     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-003-0986-0     Document Type: Article

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