Interindividual differences in thermal comfort and the responses to skin cooling in young women

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 65-71

  Yasuoka, Ayako ^a   Kubo, Hiroko ^a   Tsuzuki, Kazuyo ^b   Isoda, Norio ^a  

^a NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Preferred temperature; Skin temperature; Thermal sensation; Thermal sensitivity; Thermoregulatory responses; Vasoconstriction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; COLD CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIVIDUALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PROCESS MONITORING; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMAL COMFORT; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 84155168972     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: 18790992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2011.10.012     Document Type: Article

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