Core body temperature and the thermoneutral zone: A longitudinal study of normal human pregnancy

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 201, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 467-474

  Hartgill, T W ^a,b   Bergersen, T K ^c   Pirhonen, J ^a,b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous anastomoses; Core body temperature; Digital artery; Doppler ultrasound; Pregnancy; Thermoneutral zone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CORE TEMPERATURE; DIGITAL ARTERY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMONEUTRAL ZONE; THERMOREGULATION; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HAND; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PREGNANCY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79952534112     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: 17481716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2010.02228.x     Document Type: Article

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