A preliminary study on influence of negative air ions generated from pajamas on core body temperature and salivary IgA during night sleep

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 295-298

  Wakamura, Tomoko ^a,d   Sato, Maki ^a   Sato, Akihiro ^b   Dohi, Takahiro ^b   Ozaki, Kazuto ^b   Asou, Norio ^c   Hagata, Shigeru ^c   Tokura, Hiromi ^a  

^a NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Gunze Ltd   (Japan)

^c Daiwabo Co Ltd   (Japan)

^d Department of Physiology and Biochemistry   (Japan)

Author keywords

Core body temperature; IgA; Negative air ion; Sleep

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

ADULT; AIR; ARTICLE; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; NIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SALIVA LEVEL; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 3142702765     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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