Are older people living in the subtropics at risk of hypothermia?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 76-

  Kwok, T ^a   Hui, E ^a   Woo, J ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 0030966045     PISSN: 00048291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1997.tb00919.x     Document Type: Article

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