A comparison of thermoregulatory responses to exercise between mass-matched groups with large differences in body fat

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 615-623

  Dervis, Sheila ^a   Coombs, Geoff B ^a   Chaseling, Georgia K ^b   Filingeri, Davide ^b   Smoljanic, Jovana ^a   Jay, Ollie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Biophysics; Heat balance; Sweating; Temperature regulation

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXERCISE; HEAT; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SWEATING; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; EXERCISE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; SWEATING; THERMOGENESIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84984706144     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00906.2015     Document Type: Article

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