Impact of a protective vest and spacer garment on exercise-heat strain

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 577-583

  Cheuvront, Samuel N ^a   Goodman, Daniel A ^a   Kenefick, Robert W ^a   Montain, Scott J ^a   Sawka, Michael N ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body armor; Heat stress; Passive cooling; Spacer vest

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORE TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEART RATE; HEAT EXCHANGE; HEAT STRESS; HEAT TOLERANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SWEATING; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EXERCISE; HEART RATE; HEAT; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLISM; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SWEATING; WALKING;

EID: 38649103494     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-007-0632-3     Document Type: Article

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