The ability of the skin to absorb heat; the effect of repeated exposure and age

Case Reports and Clinical Practice Review

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Petrofsky, Jerrold ^a   Goraksh, Neha ^a   Alshammari, Faris ^a   Mohanan, Mitali ^a   Soni, Janhavi ^a   Trivedi, Moxi ^a   Lee, Haneul ^a   Hudlikar, Akshay N ^a   Yang, Chia hao ^a   Agilan, Brindha ^a   Pai, Nikhila ^a   Chindam, Tirupathi ^a   Murugesan, Vengatesh ^a   Yim, Jong Eun ^a   Katrak, Vahishta ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Blood flow; Circulation; Heat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SKIN ABSORPTION; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL EXPOSURE; ACCLIMATIZATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD FLOW; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; HEAT; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; VASCULARIZATION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 78751519283     PISSN: 15076164     EISSN: 16433742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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