Potential Applications of Heat and Cold Stress Indices to Sporting Events

Sports Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 13, 2001, Pages 909-917

  Moran, Daniel S ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HELLER INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLD; DEHYDRATION; HEAT; HEAT STROKE; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; REVIEW; SPORT;

COLD; DEHYDRATION; HEAT; HEAT STROKE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; SPORTS;

EID: 0035232413     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-200131130-00002     Document Type: Article

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