Arctic Medical Research 1995; vol 54(suppl 2)


Proceedings from the International Conference on Effects of Cold on Human Organism
Oulu, Finland, February 10-11, 1995

Preface
Arvid Påsche and Juhani Leppäluoto

Cold research: Nordic perspectives
Juhani Leppäluoto

Circannual changes in thyroid hormone physiology: The role of cold environmental temperatures
H. Lester Reed

Cardiovascular mortality in winter
W.R. Keatinge and G.C. Donaldson

Cold and mortality from ischaemic heart disease in northern Finland
Simo Näyhä

High serum concentrations of vitamin E and cholesterol and low mortality from ischaemic heart disease in northern Finland
Pauli Luoma, Simo Näyhä and Juhani Hassi

Dynamic work in cold
Juha Oksa and Hannu Rintamäki

Water balance and physical performance in cold
Hannu Rintamäki, Tero Mäkinen, Juha Oksa and Jari Latvala

The hand in the cold, performance and risk
G. Havenith, R. Heus and H.A.M. Daanen

Prediction of responses to cold
Ingvar Holmér

Prevention of the adverse health effects of cold by using infrared heaters
Hannu Anttonen and Juhani Niskanen

Heat production during cold water immersion: The role of shivering and exercise in the development of hypothermia
T. Waag, Ø. Hessselberg and R.E. Reinertsen

Metabolic changes during cold water immersion
Ø. Hesselberg, T. Waag and R.E. Reinertsen

Enhancing tolerance to cold exposure - How successful have we been?
James B. Mercer

Acid-base regulation during hypothermia. A brief review
Anton Hauge and Johan Kofstad

List of investigators interested in cold research


Arctic Medical Research 1995; vol 54(suppl 2).