Do older adults experience greater thermal strain during heat waves?

Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 292-298

  Stapleton, Jill M ^a   Larose, Joanie ^a   Simpson, Christina ^b   Flouris, Andreas D ^c   Sigal, Ronald J ^d   Kenny, Glen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Office Health   (Canada)

^c INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Calorimetry; Heat waves; Passive heat stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEAT; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMOREGULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; FEMALE; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894071438     PISSN: 17155312     EISSN: 17155320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2013-0317     Document Type: Article

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