Heat illness alert program practical implications for management and prevention

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 813, Issue , 1997, Pages 526-533

  Khogali, Mustafa ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART RATE; HEAT STRESS; HEAT STROKE; HEAT TOLERANCE; HUMAN; MUSCLE CRAMP; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT CARE; RISK FACTOR; SPORT; SWEATING; THERMAL EXPOSURE; THERMOREGULATION; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0030993333     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb51742.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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