Thermal effects of dorsal head immersion in cold water on nonshivering humans

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1958-1964

  Giesbrecht, Gordon G ^a   Lockhart, Tamara L ^a   Bristow, Gerald K ^a   Steinman, Allan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heat loss; Hypothermia; Personal floatation device; Survival; Thermal model

Indexed keywords

PETHIDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; COOLING; CORE TEMPERATURE; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION; ESOPHAGUS TEMPERATURE; FLOTATION; HEAT LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIVERING; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SURVIVAL TIME; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL STIMULATION; VASOCONSTRICTION; WATER IMMERSION;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COLD; HEAD; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SHIVERING; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THORAX; WATER;

EID: 27544460556     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00052.2005     Document Type: Article

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