Female anthropometric variability and their effects on predicted thermoregulatory responses to work in the heat

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 379-385

  Yokota, Miyo ^a   Berglund, Larry G ^a   Bathalon, Gaston P ^a  

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

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Core temperature; Female; Heat stress; Thermoregulatory model

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMAN; MORPHOMETRICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOLDIER; SOMATOTYPE; UNITED STATES; WALKING; WORK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOMATOTYPES; UNITED STATES; WALKING; WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857049977     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-011-0441-6     Document Type: Article

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