Human cold adaptation: An unfinished agenda

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 218-227

  Steegmann Jr , A Theodore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; COLD CLIMATE; COLD EXPOSURE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEAT LOSS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOREGULATION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARCTIC REGIONS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COLD; COLD CLIMATE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS;

EID: 33947385833     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20614     Document Type: Article

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