Body surface temperature distribution in relation to body composition in obese women

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-6

  Chudecka, Monika ^a   Lubkowska, Anna ^a,b   Kempińska Podhorodecka, Agnieszka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZCZECIN   (Poland)

^b POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Body components; Body temperature; Obesity; Thermography; Thermovision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; FAT CONTENT; FEMALE; HAND; HEAT TRANSFER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MEAN BODY SURFACE TEMPERATURE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; THERMOREGULATION; YOUNG ADULT; ABDOMINAL FAT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; THIGH;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBESITY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; THIGH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899702689     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: 18790992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2014.03.001     Document Type: Article

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