Sweat secretion from palmar and dorsal surfaces of the hands during passive and active heating

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1034-1040

  Machado Moreira, Christiano A ^a   Caldwell, Joanne N ^a   Mekjavic, Igor B ^b   Taylor, Nigel A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Clothing; Gloves; Hands; Regional sweating; Sudomotor; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CORE TEMPERATURE; CYCLING; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; HAND PALM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SWEAT GLAND; SWEATING; THERMAL STIMULATION; THERMOREGULATION;

ADULT; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; SWEATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55249116996     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2354.2008     Document Type: Article

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