Iraq: The environmental challenge to HM Land Forces

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 399-403

  World, Michael J ^a   Booth, Thomas C ^b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alkalosis; Heat illness; Hyponatraemia; Salt supplementation; Secondary hyperaldosteronism

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ALKALOSIS; ARTICLE; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD PRESSURE; CENTRAL PONTINE MYELINOLYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FLUID INTAKE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEAT INJURY; HUMAN; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; IRAQ; MALE; PNEUMONIA; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SODIUM DEFICIENCY; SOLDIER; SUMMER; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 49649121498     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.8-4-399     Document Type: Article

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