Aging impairs heat loss, but when does it matter?

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 299-309

  Stapleton, Jill M ^a   Poirier, Martin P ^a   Flouris, Andreas D ^b   Boulay, Pierre ^c   Sigal, Ronald J ^d   Malcolm, Janine ^e   Kenny, Glen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aerobic fitness; Age; Calorimetry; Evaporative capacity; Skin blood flow; Sweating

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BODY TEMPERATURE; CALORIMETRY; EXERCISE; HEAT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CALORIMETRY; EXERCISE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THERMOGENESIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922377430     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00722.2014     Document Type: Article

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