Guidelines for return to duty (play) after heat illness: A military perspective

Journal of Sport Rehabilitation

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 227-237

  O'Connor, Francis G ^a   Williams, Aaron D ^b   Blivin, Steve ^c   Heled, Yuval ^d   Deuster, Patricia ^a   Flinn, Scott D ^e  

^a Uniformed Services of the Health Sciences   (United States)

^b DEWITT ARMY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c 3D Marine Logistics ^*  (Japan)

^d HELLER INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^e Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HEAT EXHAUSTION; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEAT EXHAUSTION; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36148962409     PISSN: 10566716     EISSN: 15433072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsr.16.3.227     Document Type: Review

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