Blood pressure and thermal responses to whole body cold exposure in mildly hypertensive subjects

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 7-8 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 851-856

  Komulainen, Silja ^a   Oja, Tarja ^a   Rintamäki, Hannu ^b   Virokannas, Hannu ^a   Keinänen Kiukaanniemi, Sirkka ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Diuretic; Hydrochlorothiazide; Man; Temperature; Whole body cold exposure

Indexed keywords

HYDREX SEMI; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BORDERLINE HYPERTENSION; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD EXPOSURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 4744373592     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2004.08.065     Document Type: Conference Paper

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