Whole body heat loss is reduced in older males during short bouts of intermittent exercise

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 305, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Larose, Joanie ^a   Wright, Heather E ^a   Stapleton, Jill ^a   Sigal, Ronald J ^b,c   Boulay, Pierre ^d   Hardcastle, Stephen ^e   Kenny, Glen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^e Natural Resources Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXERCISE; HEART RATE; HEAT LOSS; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SWEATING; THERMOGENESIS;

AGING; CALORIMETRY; EVAPORATIVE HEAT LOSS; THERMAL TRANSIENTS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGING; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXERTION;

EID: 84884360309     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00157.2013     Document Type: Article

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