Probability of survival during accidental immersion in cold water

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-55

  Wissler, Eugene H ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidental immersion; Cold water; Hypothermia; Survival

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; HYPOTHERMIA; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; SURVIVAL; THEORETICAL MODEL; THERMOREGULATION; WAR; WATER IMMERSION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COLD; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; IMMERSION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NAVAL MEDICINE; PROBABILITY; SURVIVAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037223857     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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