Accession Number:

AD0806411

Title:

THE URINARY EXCRETION OF 17-KETOSTEROIDS BY MEN UNDER FIELD CONDITIONS IN EXTREME COLD,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH LAB FORT KNOX KY

Personal Author(s):

• Osgood, L. E.
• Zimmerman, W. J.
• King, E. W.
• Diffley, G. H.

Report Date:

1949-10-27

Pagination or Media Count:

6.0

Abstract:

Tests were conducted to determine the excretion of 17-ketosteroids on a group of seven subjects participating in two bivouac exercises, first under conditions of a temperate climate, and later under arctic conditions, which were so designed as to be similar except for the factor of extreme cold. When the excretion of 17-ketosteroids by seven healthy soldiers under field conditions in a temperate climate was compared with their excretion of these substances under field conditions in extreme cold, no significant changes were noted. The determination of the excretion of 17-ketosteroids in the urine did not indicate a stress due to cold under the circumstances described in this report.

Descriptors:

• (*URINE
• STEROIDS)
• KETONES
• EXCRETION
• COLD WEATHER TESTS
• STRESS(PHYSIOLOGY)
• ARMY RESEARCH
• MEDICAL RESEARCH
• DIURNAL VARIATIONS

Subject Categories:

• Stress Physiology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE