Beyond the classic thermoneutral zone: Including thermal comfort

Temperature

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 142-149

  Kingma, Boris RM ^a,b   Frijns, Arjan JH ^b   Schellen, Lisje ^a,c   van Marken Lichtenbelt, Wouter D ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c AVANS UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

mathematical model; metabolism; theoretical biology; thermal behaviour; thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85070475577     PISSN: 23328940     EISSN: 23328959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/temp.29702     Document Type: Article

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