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Testing of heat exchanging capacity and effect of the subject's position on thermal entrainment in a water bath stimulator

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  1. Research Institute of Military Medicine, Central Military Hospital, Box 5, SF-00281, Helsinki, Finland

    A. Lindqvist & L. A. Laitinen

  2. Cardiorespiratory Research Unit, University of Turku, 20500, Turku 50, Finland

    A. Lindqvist, J. Jalonen, L. Halkola & K. Antila

  3. Institute of Applied Mathematics, University of Turku, 20500, Turku 50, Finland

    P. Parviainen

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Lindqvist, A., Jalonen, J., Parviainen, P. et al. Testing of heat exchanging capacity and effect of the subject's position on thermal entrainment in a water bath stimulator. Med. Biol. Eng. Comput. 27, 429–434 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02441437

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