Man and Animals in Hot Environments (Topics in Environmental Physiology and Medicine) - Softcover

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1 The Thermal Environment.- Hot, Thermally Neutral, and Cold Environments.- Development of Climatic Physiology.- Physical Principles.- 2 Heat Exchange between Animal and Environment.- 3 Metabolic Rate, Thermal Insulation, and the Assessment of Environment.- Physiological Mechanisms.- 4 Evaporative Heat Loss.- 5 The Cardiovascular System.- 6 Endocrine and Reproductive Systems.- 7 Behavior.- 8 Thermosensitivity and the Thermoregulatory System.- Adaptations to Hot Environments.- 9 Animals in Hot Environments.- 10 Man in Hot Environments.- References.

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