Regional differences in temperature sensation and thermal comfort in humans

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1897-1906

  Nakamura, Mayumi ^a   Yoda, Tamae ^b   Crawshaw, Larry I ^c,d   Yasuhara, Saki ^a   Saito, Yasuyo ^a   Kasuga, Momoko ^a   Nagashima, Kei ^a   Kanosue, Kazuyuki ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DOKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold exposure; Heat exposure; Skin temperature

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COLD EXPOSURE; COOLING; FACE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SKIN RECEPTOR; SKIN SENSATION; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMAL COMFORT; THERMAL EXPOSURE; THERMAL STIMULATION; THIGH; THORAX; WARMING;

ABDOMEN; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COLD TEMPERATURE; FACE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57349194646     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.90466.2008     Document Type: Article

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