Preventing heat injury: Military versus civilian perspective

Military Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-58

  Cooper, James K ^a  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FLUID INTAKE; HEAT ACCLIMATIZATION; HEAT INJURY; HUMAN; MILITARY MEDICINE; OBESITY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SALT INTAKE; SKIN DISEASE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0031012930     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/162.1.55     Document Type: Review

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