A comparison of males and females' temporal patterning to short- and long-term heat acclimation

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 25, Issue S1, 2015, Pages 250-258

  Mee, J A ^a   Gibson, O R ^a   Doust, J ^a   Maxwell, N S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acclimatization; Controlled hyperthermia; Females; Heat illness; Males

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEAT; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; SEX DIFFERENCE; THERMOREGULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; RUNNING; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928810440     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sms.12417     Document Type: Article

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