Age-related decrements in heat dissipation during physical activity occur as early as the age of 40

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Larose, Joanie ^a   Boulay, Pierre ^b   Sigal, Ronald J ^c,d   Wright, Heather E ^a   Kenny, Glen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CALORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; HEAT EXCHANGE; HEAT LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMIDITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SWEATING; THERMOGENESIS; AGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; EXERCISE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SWEATING; THERMOGENESIS;

EID: 84892568135     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083148     Document Type: Article

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