Thermal stress and the physiological response to environmental toxicants

Reviews on Environmental Health

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 235-263

  Gordon, Christopher J ^a,c   Leon, Lisa R ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

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

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PESTICIDE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXERCISE; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; NONHUMAN; REST; REVIEW; SKIN ABSORPTION; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SWEAT; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 29444438427     PISSN: 00487554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVEH.2005.20.4.235     Document Type: Review

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