Match maker: How to compare thermoregulatory responses in groups of different body mass and surface area

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1121-1122

  Cheuvront, Samuel N ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SWEATING; THERMOREGULATION;

BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SURFACE AREA; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; EXERCISE; HUMANS; SWEATING;

EID: 84901236570     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00248.2014     Document Type: Editorial

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