Identification of risk factors for exertional heat illness: A brief commentary on genetic testing

Journal of Sport Rehabilitation

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 222-226

  Muldoon, Sheila ^a   Bunger, Rolf ^b   Deuster, Patricia ^a   Sambuughin, Nyamkhishig ^a  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

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EID: 36148947563     PISSN: 10566716     EISSN: 15433072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsr.16.3.222     Document Type: Review

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