Thermal responses to whole-body cooling in air with special reference to arteriovenous anastomoses in fingers

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 463-469

  Vanggaard, Leif ^a   Kuklane, Kalev ^b   Holmer, Ingvar ^b   Smolander, Juhani ^b  

^a Danish Arctic Institute   (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous anastomoses; Cold; Gradual cooling; Skin temperature; Thermoregulation, thermal sensation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; CLOTHING; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOREGULATION;

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS ANASTOMOSIS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; FINGERS; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOSENSING; TIME FACTORS; VASOCONSTRICTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867120177     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: 1475097X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-097X.2012.01151.x     Document Type: Article

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