Swimming in ice cold water

Irish Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 507-511

  Knechtle, B ^a,b   Christinger, N ^a   Kohler, G ^c   Knechtle, P ^a   Rosemann, T ^b  

^a Gesundheitszentrum St Gallen ^*  (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Body fat; Hypothermia; Rectal temperature; Skin fold thickness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; COLD; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SWIMMING; TIME;

BODY TEMPERATURE; COLD TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SWIMMING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77954016685     PISSN: 00211265     EISSN: 18634362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11845-009-0427-0     Document Type: Article

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