Defense of cold water

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1164-

  Casa, Douglas J ^a   Kenny, Glen P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COOLING WATER;

BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; COLD STRESS; COOLING; CORE TEMPERATURE; ESOPHAGUS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEAT STROKE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHERMIA; IMMERSION; LETTER; MORTALITY; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASOCONSTRICTION; WATER IMMERSION;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEVER; IMMERSION; MODELS, ANIMAL; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; RATS; WATER;

EID: 67650083563     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31819c7013     Document Type: Letter

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