Effects of acclimation on cognitive performance in soldiers during exertional heat stress

Military Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 133-136

  Radakovic, Sonja S ^a   Maric, Jelena ^b   Surbatovic, Maja ^a   Radjen, Slavica ^a   Stefanova, Elka ^c   Stankovic, Nebojsa ^a   Filipovic, Nikola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEFENCE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c Institute of Neurology   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COLD EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; HEART RATE; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL STRESS; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SOLDIER; THERMAL EXPOSURE; TYMPANIC TEMPERATURE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; COGNITION; EXERCISE TEST; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PHYSICAL EXERTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 33846899991     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.172.2.133     Document Type: Article

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