Hypothermia: A hazard for all seasons

Nursing

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 44-47

  Day, Mary Patricia ^a  

^a Surgicenter and Central Montgomery Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SNOW;

ADULT; CAR DRIVING; CLOTHING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; NURSING; REVIEW; WARMING;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CLOTHING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; REWARMING; SNOW;

EID: 33845411073     PISSN: 03604039     EISSN: 15388689     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00152193-200612000-00040     Document Type: Review

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