Nonlinear relationship between level of blood flow and skin temperature for different dynamics of temperature change

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Vuksanović, Vesna ^a   Sheppard, Lawrence William ^b   Stefanovska, Aneta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BODY TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STATISTICS; THERMOREGULATION; VASCULARIZATION;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 43849088197     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.127860     Document Type: Article

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