Heat Acclimatization Strategies for the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athletic Therapy Today

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 42-46

  Montain, Scott J ^a   Maughan, Ronald J ^b   Sawka, Michael N ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 2842555902     PISSN: 10787895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/att.1.3.42     Document Type: Article

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