Comparison of heat dissipation response between Malaysian and Japanese males during exercise in humid heat stress

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 509-517

  Wakabayashi, Hitoshi ^a   Wijayanto, Titis ^a   Lee, Joo Young ^a   Hashiguchi, Nobuko ^b   Saat, Mohamed ^c   Tochihara, Yutaka ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Core to skin heat transfer; Core skin temperature gradient; Heat acclimatization; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXERCISE; HEAT; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; JAPAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SWEATING; THERMOREGULATION; TROPIC CLIMATE; VASCULARIZATION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CLIMATE; EXERCISE; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HEMODYNAMICS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; JAPAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SWEATING; TROPICAL CLIMATE; YOUNG ADULT;

FISTULA;

EID: 79960084400     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-010-0374-5     Document Type: Article

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