Sweat secretion from the torso during passively-induced and exercise-related hyperthermia

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 265-270

  Machado Moreira, Christiano A ^a   Smith, Foske M ^a   van dem Heuvel, Anne M J ^a   Mekjavic, Igor B ^b   Taylor, Nigel A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Eccrine sweat glands; Regional sweating; Sudomotor; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; BACK; BODY DISTRIBUTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTHERMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; SWEAT GLAND; SWEATING; THERMAL EXPOSURE; THERMOREGULATION; THORAX; TRUNK;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; ECCRINE GLANDS; EXERCISE; HEART RATE; HEAT; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; REST; SWEATING; THORAX;

EID: 50449104974     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-007-0646-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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