Seasonal differences in physiological and psychological responses to hot and cold environments in the elderly and young males

Elsevier Ergonomics Book Series

Volumn 3, Issue C, 2005, Pages 35-41

  Maeda, Takafumi ^a   Kobayashi, Toshio ^b   Tanaka, Kazuko ^a   Sato, Akihiko ^c   Kaneko, Shin Ya ^a   Tanaka, Masatoshi ^d  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Midorigaoka Hospital   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Body temperature; Head up tilt; Seasonal differences; Thermal environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 60749133140     PISSN: 1572347X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1572-347X(05)80007-2     Document Type: Article

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