Forced-air rewarming in -20°C simulated field conditions

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 813, Issue , 1997, Pages 676-681

  Ducharme, M B ^a   Giesbrecht, G G ^b   Frim, J ^a   Kenny, G P ^b   Johnston, C E ^b   Goheen, M S L ^b   Nicolaou, G ^b   Bristow, G K ^b  

^a DEF AND CIV INST OF ENVIRON MED   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHERMIA; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MODEL; SHIVERING; WARMING;

EID: 0030887593     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb51766.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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