The influence of ageing on the ability of the skin to dissipate heat

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Petrofsky, Jerrold S ^a   McLellan, Katie ^a   Bains, Gurinder S ^a   Prowse, Michelle ^a   Ethiraju, Gomathi ^a   Lee, Scott ^a   Gunda, Shashi ^a   Lohman III, Everett ^a   Schwab, Ernie ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Cardiovascular; Endothelial cells; Skin thickness; Subcutaneous fat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN FUNCTION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; THERMAL EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REST; SKIN; SKIN AGING; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

EID: 66749130377     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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