Risk factors predicting exertional heat illness in male Marine Corps recruits

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 939-944

  Gardner, John W ^a   Kark, John A ^a   Karnei, Karen ^a   Sanborn, Jill S ^a   Gastaldo, Edward ^a   Burr, Peggy ^a   Wenger, C Bruce ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

ATHLETIC INJURIES; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; DEHYDRATION; EXERCISE; EXERTION; FEVER; HEAT EXHAUSTION; HEAT STROKE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SPORTS MEDICINE

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FITNESS; HEAT INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; RUNNING; SAILOR;

EID: 0029791408     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199608000-00001     Document Type: Article

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