Effect of a local cold stress on peripheral temperatures of Inuit, Oriental, and Caucasian subjects

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
• Main Authors: Livingstone, S. D., Grayson, J., Reed, L. D., Gordon, D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1978
• Subjects: Physiology (medical); Pharmacology; General Medicine; Physiology; Igloolik; inuit
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/y78-137; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/y78-137

Male subjects comprised of six Inuit from Igloolik, N.W.T., and five Orientals and six Caucasians from Toronto, Ont., volunteered for tests to determine the effect of localized cold stress on peripheral temperatures. In each subject, skin temperatures of the right index finger, the arm, and the chee...