Finger and toe temperatures on exposure to cold water and cold air

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 941-946

  Van Der Struijs, Norbert R ^b   Van Es, Eline M ^a   Raymann, Roy J E M ^a   Daanen, Hein A M ^a,c  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b Royal Netherlands Navy   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cold exposure; Cold induced vasodilation; Digits; Temperature response

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLD AIR; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TOE; VASODILATATION; WATER IMMERSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR; COLD TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FINGERS; HUMANS; IMMERSION; MALE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TOES; VASODILATION; WATER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53049091502     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2258.2008     Document Type: Article

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