The effect of aging on conductive heat exchange in the skin at two environmental temperatures

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Petrofsky, Jerrold S ^a,b   Lohman III, Everett ^a   Hye, Jin Suh ^a   Garcia, Jason ^b   Anders, Alexa ^b   Sutterfield, Cassandra ^b   Khandge, Chetan ^b  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Burns; Heat; Skin; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BURN; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEAT ACCLIMATIZATION; HEAT EXCHANGE; HUMAN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; ENVIRONMENT; HEAT; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33749658566     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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