Diurnal and menstrual cycles in body temperature are regulated differently: A 28-day ambulatory study in healthy women with thermal discomfort of cold extremities and controls

Chronobiology International

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 102-113

  Kräuchi, Kurt ^a   Konieczka, Katarzyna ^b   Roescheisen Weich, Corina ^b   Gompper, Britta ^a   Hauenstein, Daniela ^b   Schoetzau, Andreas ^b   Fraenkl, Stephan ^b   Flammer, Josef ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ambulatory measurement; Basal body temperature; Diurnal cycle; Internal heat conductance; Menstrual cycle; Skin temperatures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLD; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SLEEP; THERMOREGULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMANS; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SLEEP; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892428367     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420528.2013.829482     Document Type: Article

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