The use of language to express thermal sensation suggests heat acclimatization by Indonesian people

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1055-1064

  Tochihara, Yutaka ^a   Lee, Joo Young ^a   Wakabayashi, Hitoshi ^a   Wijayanto, Titis ^a,b   Bakri, Ilham ^a,c   Parsons, Ken ^d  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GADJAH MADA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^c HASANUDDIN UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^d LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioral thermoregulation; Heat acclimatization; Language; Thermal comfort; Thermal sensation

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDONESIA; JAPAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMANTICS; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSE; THERMOREGULATION; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCLIMATIZATION; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INDONESIA; JAPAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEMANTICS; TEMPERATURE; THERMOSENSING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867534192     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-011-0519-1     Document Type: Article

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