Comparison of thermoregulatory responses to heat between Malaysian and Japanese males during leg immersion

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 491-500

  Wijayanto, Titis ^a   Wakabayashi, Hitoshi ^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 PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Heat acclimatization; Thermal sweating; Thermoregulatory response

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEAT; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE; HUMAN; IMMERSION; JAPAN; LEG; MALAYSIA; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SWEATING; THERMOREGULATION; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CLIMATE; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; IMMERSION; JAPAN; LEG; MALAYSIA; MALE; SWEATING; TROPICAL CLIMATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960090343     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-010-0358-5     Document Type: Article

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