Heat hyperpyrexia: Time to act

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2004, Pages

  Sriramachari, S ^a  

^a SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL CAMPUS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

CORE TEMPERATURE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIZZINESS; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEADACHE; HEAT STROKE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; INDIA; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SYNCOPE; THERMOREGULATION; THIRST; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; ENVIRONMENT; HEAT; HEAT EXHAUSTION; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; HEAT; HEAT EXHAUSTION; HEAT STROKE; HUMANS; INDIA; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4043126101     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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