THERMAL AND METABOLIC RESPONSES OF ARCTIC INDIANS TO A STANDARD MODERATE COLD EXPOSURE AT THE END OF WINTER

• Main Authors: ELSNER, R.W., ANDERSEN, K.L., HERMANSEN, L.
• Other Authors: ARCTIC AEROMEDICAL LAB FORT WAINWRIGHT AK
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1961
• Subjects: Stress Physiology; *STRESS(PHYSIOLOGY); *OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; *EXPOSURE(PHYSIOLOGY); *METABOLISM; *BODY TEMPERATURE; PHYSIOLOGY; ADJUSTMENT(PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; MEASUREMENT; POLAR REGIONS; HEAT TRANSFER; Arctic; DuBois; Indian
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0261234; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0261234

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...