Facial cold-induced vasodilation and skin temperature during exposure to cold wind

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 711-721

  Brajkovic, Dragan ^a   Ducharme, Michel B ^a  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Exercise; Facial cooling; Facial skin temperature; Rectal temperature; Wind chill

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; COLD EXPOSURE; COLD STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXERCISE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; VASODILATATION; VELOCITY; WIND;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; COLD; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NOSE; RECTUM; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSE; VASODILATION; WIND;

EID: 33645463671     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-005-0115-3     Document Type: Article

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