Cutaneous thermal thresholds of tropical indigenes residing in Japan

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 461-468

  Lee, Joo Young ^a   Bakri, Ilham ^a,b   Toramoto, Sayo ^a   Tochihara, Yutaka ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HASANUDDIN UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Cutaneous thermal sensation; Decay in heat acclimatization; Inter threshold sensory zone; Temperature sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; COLD SENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CUTANEOUS THERMAL THRESHOLD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEAT ACCLIMATIZATION; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; JAPAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOREGULATION; TROPICS; WARMING;

EID: 80052851270     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: 18790992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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