Effects of airflow on body temperatures and sleep stages in a warm humid climate

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 261-270

  Tsuzuki, Kazuyo ^a   Okamoto Mizuno, Kazue ^a,b   Mizuno, Koh ^b   Iwaki, Tatsuya ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU FUKUSHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airflow; Body temperature; Humidity; Sleep; Sweat rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MALE; SLEEP STAGE;

ADULT; AIR CONDITIONING; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MALE; SLEEP STAGES;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 39449087254     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-007-0120-9     Document Type: Article

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