Epidemic heat stroke in a Midwest community: Risk factors, neurological complications and sequelae

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 39-41

  Dixit, Shanker N ^a   Bushara, Khalafalla O ^a,b   Brooks, Benjamin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEAT STROKE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUN EXPOSURE; TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEAT EXHAUSTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; RISK FACTORS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0031424523     PISSN: 00436542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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