Ethnic differences in thermoregulatory responses during resting, passive and active heating: Application of Werner's adaptation model

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2895-2905

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

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Ethnic difference; Heat acclimatization; Thirst sensation; Werner's adaptation model; Wilder's law of initial value

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; EXERCISE; HEAT; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REST; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOREGULATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; BLOOD CIRCULATION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; EXERCISE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; REST; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855651324     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-011-1912-5     Document Type: Article

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