Body heat storage during intermittent work in hot-dry and warm-wet environments

Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 840-849

  Stapleton, Jill M ^a   Wright, Heather E ^a   Hardcastle, Stephen G ^b   Kenny, Glen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body heat content; Calorimetry; Core temperature; Heat stress; Thermal strain; Threshold limit values

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CALORIMETRY; CLOTHING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; HEART RATE; HEAT; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; SHOE; THERMOREGULATION;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CALORIMETRY; CLOTHING; EXERCISE TEST; HEART RATE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL EXERTION; SHOES; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865254695     PISSN: 17155312     EISSN: 17155320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/H2012-053     Document Type: Article

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