Global warming and heatstroke

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 574-576

  de Souza, Alexandre Leite ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INFECTOLOGIA EMÍLIO RIBAS   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; PROCALCITONIN; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COOLING; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRY SKIN; EDITORIAL; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FLUID THERAPY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEAT STROKE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIVER NECROSIS; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; RESPIRATORY ALKALOSIS; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEAT STROKE; HUMANS;

EID: 61849083558     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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