Does wearing thermal underwear in mild cold affect skin temperatures and perceived thermal sensation in the hands and feet of the elderly?

Journal of Physiological Anthropology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 301-308

  Lee, Joo Young ^a   Kim, Myung Ju ^b   Choi, Jeong Wha ^b   Stone, Eric A ^c   Hauver, Richard A ^d  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Hand and foot skin temperature; Mild cold; Rectal temperature; Thermal preference; Thermal sensation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLOTHING; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CLOTHING; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57349172224     PISSN: 18806791     EISSN: 18806805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2114/jpa2.27.301     Document Type: Article

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