Amnesia during cold water immersion: A case report

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 153-155

  Castellani, John W ^a   Young, Andrew J ^a   Sawka, Michael N ^a   Backus, Verne L ^a   Canete, Jonathan J ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Glucose; Hypothermia; Memory; Norepinephrine

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CASE REPORT; COLD EXPOSURE; CORE TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; WATER IMMERSION;

EID: 0031770265     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/1080-6032(1998)009[0153:ADCWIA]2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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