Cold exposure - an approach to increasing energy expenditure in humans

Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 165-167

  Lichtenbelt, Wouter van Marken ^a   Kingma, Boris ^a   van der Lans, Anouk ^a   Schellen, Lisje ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b School of Built Environment and Infrastructure Avans Hogeschool   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; COLD EXPOSURE; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXERCISE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NONSHIVERING THERMOGENESIS; NOTE; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION; COLD; ENERGY METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

COLD TEMPERATURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS;

EID: 84897054153     PISSN: 10432760     EISSN: 18793061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tem.2014.01.001     Document Type: Note

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