Thermoregulatory model to predict physiological status from ambient environment and heart rate

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 1187-1193

  Yokota, Miyo ^a   Berglund, Larry ^a   Cheuvront, Samuel ^a   Santee, William ^a   Latzka, William ^a   Montain, Scott ^a   Kolka, Margaret ^a   Moran, Daniel ^b  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HELLER INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Core temperature; Heart rate; Heat stress; Real time modeling

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CORE TEMPERATURE; HEART RATE; HEAT STRESS; REAL-TIME MODELING;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEART RATE; HEAT ACCLIMATIZATION; METABOLIC RATE; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; THERMOREGULATION; TIME;

BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; ENVIRONMENT; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 56349118027     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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