Modified iodine-paper technique for the standardized determination of sweat gland activation

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1419-1425

  Gagnon, Daniel ^a   Ganio, Matthew S ^b,c,d   Lucas, Rebekah A I ^b,c   Pearson, James ^b,c   Crandall, Craig G ^b,c   Kenny, Glen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat loss; Heat activated sweat glands; Sweat output; Sweat rate; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAPER; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SWEAT GLAND; SWEATING; THERMOREGULATION;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAPER; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWEAT GLANDS; SWEATING;

EID: 84860337416     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01508.2011     Document Type: Article

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