Cold acclimatization of tropical men during short- & long-term sojourn to polar environment

Defence Science Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 149-158

  Purkayastha, S S ^a   Majumdar, D ^a   Selvamurthy, W ^a  

^a DEFENCE INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

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EID: 0006456432     PISSN: 0011748X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14429/dsj.47.3987     Document Type: Article

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