Refining the distinction between heat tolerant and intolerant individuals during a Heat tolerance test

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 539-542

  Druyan, Amit ^a   Ketko, Itay ^a,b   Yanovich, Ran ^a,b   Epstein, Yoram ^a,c   Heled, Yuval ^a,b  

^a HELLER INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b The IDF Institute of Military Physiology   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Exertional heat stroke; Heat injuries; Heat tolerance test (HTT)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; EXERCISE; HEART RATE; HEAT INTOLERANCE; HEAT STRESS; HEAT TOLERANCE; HEAT TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NOMENCLATURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STEADY STATE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 84885786758     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: 18790992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2013.09.005     Document Type: Article

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