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SUBMITTER: Yeoh WK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5393563 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yeoh Wui Keat WK Lee Jason Kai Wei JKW Lim Hsueh Yee HY Gan Chee Wee CW Liang Wenyu W Tan Kok Kiong KK
PloS one 20170417 4
Core body temperature (CBT) is an important and commonly used indicator of human health and endurance performance. A rise in baseline CBT can be attributed to an onset of flu, infection or even thermoregulatory failure when it becomes excessive. Sites which have been used for measurement of CBT include the pulmonary artery, the esophagus, the rectum and the tympanic membrane. Among them, the tympanic membrane is an attractive measurement site for CBT due to its unobtrusive nature and ease of mea ...[more]