THERMAL AND METABOLIC RESPONSES OF ARCTIC INDIANS TO A STANDARD MODERATE COLD EXPOSURE AT THE END OF WINTER
Oxygen consumption, skin temperature and rectal temperature during nights of cold exposure were measured in eight Indian men from a remote arctic village who had been similarly studied the previous fall. The metabolic response of the Indians to cold exposure was similar in the spring to that observe...
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ftdtic:AD0261234 2023-05-15T14:51:36+02:00 THERMAL AND METABOLIC RESPONSES OF ARCTIC INDIANS TO A STANDARD MODERATE COLD EXPOSURE AT THE END OF WINTER ELSNER, R.W. ANDERSEN, K.L. HERMANSEN, L. ARCTIC AEROMEDICAL LAB FORT WAINWRIGHT AK 1961-04 text/html http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0261234 http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0261234 en eng http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0261234 Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. DTIC AND NTIS Stress Physiology *STRESS(PHYSIOLOGY) *OXYGEN CONSUMPTION *EXPOSURE(PHYSIOLOGY) *METABOLISM *BODY TEMPERATURE PHYSIOLOGY ADJUSTMENT(PSYCHOLOGY) HUMANS EXPERIMENTAL DATA MEASUREMENT POLAR REGIONS HEAT TRANSFER Text 1961 ftdtic 2016-02-22T19:59:18Z Oxygen consumption, skin temperature and rectal temperature during nights of cold exposure were measured in eight Indian men from a remote arctic village who had been similarly studied the previous fall. The metabolic response of the Indians to cold exposure was similar in the spring to that observed in the fall studies. All subjects showed a general increase of about 30% in O2 consumption during the night. In addition, the basal metabolic rate of four subjects measured was slightly above the DuBois standards, as in the fall. A decline in rectal and skin temperatures throughout the night was observed to be similar to that of the same subjects in the fall, with the exception that the surface temperatures of arms and legs were slightly cooler in the spring. It was concluded that, except for a tendency toward heat conservation by cooling of extremities, no metabolic or thermal changes of a seasonal nature had taken place in these subjects during the arctic winter. Text Arctic Defense Technical Information Center: DTIC Technical Reports database Arctic DuBois ENVELOPE(-67.166,-67.166,-66.266,-66.266) Indian |
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Stress Physiology *STRESS(PHYSIOLOGY) *OXYGEN CONSUMPTION *EXPOSURE(PHYSIOLOGY) *METABOLISM *BODY TEMPERATURE PHYSIOLOGY ADJUSTMENT(PSYCHOLOGY) HUMANS EXPERIMENTAL DATA MEASUREMENT POLAR REGIONS HEAT TRANSFER |
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Stress Physiology *STRESS(PHYSIOLOGY) *OXYGEN CONSUMPTION *EXPOSURE(PHYSIOLOGY) *METABOLISM *BODY TEMPERATURE PHYSIOLOGY ADJUSTMENT(PSYCHOLOGY) HUMANS EXPERIMENTAL DATA MEASUREMENT POLAR REGIONS HEAT TRANSFER ELSNER, R.W. ANDERSEN, K.L. HERMANSEN, L. THERMAL AND METABOLIC RESPONSES OF ARCTIC INDIANS TO A STANDARD MODERATE COLD EXPOSURE AT THE END OF WINTER |
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Stress Physiology *STRESS(PHYSIOLOGY) *OXYGEN CONSUMPTION *EXPOSURE(PHYSIOLOGY) *METABOLISM *BODY TEMPERATURE PHYSIOLOGY ADJUSTMENT(PSYCHOLOGY) HUMANS EXPERIMENTAL DATA MEASUREMENT POLAR REGIONS HEAT TRANSFER |
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Oxygen consumption, skin temperature and rectal temperature during nights of cold exposure were measured in eight Indian men from a remote arctic village who had been similarly studied the previous fall. The metabolic response of the Indians to cold exposure was similar in the spring to that observed in the fall studies. All subjects showed a general increase of about 30% in O2 consumption during the night. In addition, the basal metabolic rate of four subjects measured was slightly above the DuBois standards, as in the fall. A decline in rectal and skin temperatures throughout the night was observed to be similar to that of the same subjects in the fall, with the exception that the surface temperatures of arms and legs were slightly cooler in the spring. It was concluded that, except for a tendency toward heat conservation by cooling of extremities, no metabolic or thermal changes of a seasonal nature had taken place in these subjects during the arctic winter. |
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ARCTIC AEROMEDICAL LAB FORT WAINWRIGHT AK |
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ELSNER, R.W. ANDERSEN, K.L. HERMANSEN, L. |
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ELSNER, R.W. ANDERSEN, K.L. HERMANSEN, L. |
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THERMAL AND METABOLIC RESPONSES OF ARCTIC INDIANS TO A STANDARD MODERATE COLD EXPOSURE AT THE END OF WINTER |
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THERMAL AND METABOLIC RESPONSES OF ARCTIC INDIANS TO A STANDARD MODERATE COLD EXPOSURE AT THE END OF WINTER |
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THERMAL AND METABOLIC RESPONSES OF ARCTIC INDIANS TO A STANDARD MODERATE COLD EXPOSURE AT THE END OF WINTER |
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THERMAL AND METABOLIC RESPONSES OF ARCTIC INDIANS TO A STANDARD MODERATE COLD EXPOSURE AT THE END OF WINTER |
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THERMAL AND METABOLIC RESPONSES OF ARCTIC INDIANS TO A STANDARD MODERATE COLD EXPOSURE AT THE END OF WINTER |
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thermal and metabolic responses of arctic indians to a standard moderate cold exposure at the end of winter |
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1961 |
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ENVELOPE(-67.166,-67.166,-66.266,-66.266) |
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Arctic DuBois Indian |
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Arctic DuBois Indian |
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Arctic |
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Arctic |
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http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0261234 |
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. |
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