Exertional heat stroke: A case series

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 224-228

  Epstein, Yoram ^a   Moran, Daniel S ^b   Shapiro, Yair ^b   Sohar, Ezra ^b   Shemer, Joshua ^b  

^a HELLER INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Heat illness; Heat stress; Hyperthermia; Physical activity; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXERCISE; HEAT STROKE; HYPERTHERMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLDIER; THERMAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 0033010722     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199902000-00004     Document Type: Article

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