Survival time prediction in marine environments

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 340-345

  Xu, Xiaojiang ^a   Turner, Chris A ^b   Santee, William R ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b U S COAST GUARD   (United States)

Author keywords

Dehydration; Hypothermia; Immersion; Math model; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CLOTHING; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; DEHYDRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHERMIA; IMAGE DISPLAY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; SURVIVAL TIME; THERMOREGULATION; VICTIM; WATER IMMERSION;

EID: 79960989802     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: 18790992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2011.06.009     Document Type: Article

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