Cold adaptation, aging, and Korean women divers haenyeo
Abstract Background We have been studying the thermoregulatory responses of Korean breath-hold women divers, called haenyeo, in terms of aging and cold adaptation. During the 1960s to the 1980s, haenyeos received attention from environmental physiologists due to their unique ability to endure cold w...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-08-01
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| Series: | Journal of Physiological Anthropology |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40101-017-0146-6 |