The effect of ethnicity on the vascular responses to cold exposure of the extremities

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 114, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2369-2379

  Maley, Matthew J ^a   Eglin, Clare M ^a   House, James R ^a   Tipton, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cold water immersion; Ethnicity; Non freezing cold injury; Skin blood flow; Skin temperature

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; COLD; ETHNOLOGY; FINGER; FROSTBITE; HUMAN; IMMERSION; INNERVATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; VASCULARIZATION; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION; YOUNG ADULT;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COLD TEMPERATURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FINGERS; FROSTBITE; HUMANS; IMMERSION; MALE; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM; WATER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919448418     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: 14396327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-014-2962-2     Document Type: Article

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