The validity of wireless iButtons® and thermistors for human skin temperature measurement

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 95-114

  Smith, A D Harper ^a   Crabtree, D R ^b   Bilzon, J L J ^c   Walsh, N P ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contact thermometry; Environment; Exercise; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

RANDOM ERRORS; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE SENSORS; THERMISTORS;

CONDITION; CONTACT THERMOMETRY; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; HARD-WIRED; HUMAN SKIN; IBUTTON; MEAN TEMPERATURE; SKIN TEMPERATURES; THERMOREGULATION;

THERMOMETERS;

EID: 75449117344     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/31/1/007     Document Type: Article

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