Heat waves and dehydration in the elderly

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7713, 2009, Pages 119-

  Olde Rikkert, Marcel G M ^a   Melis, René J F ^a   Claassen, Jurgen A H R ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEHYDRATION; DELIRIUM; EDITORIAL; FLUID BALANCE; HEAT ACCLIMATIZATION; HEAT EXHAUSTION; HEAT STRESS; HEAT STROKE; HEAT SYNCOPE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; THERMOREGULATION; TOTAL BODY WATER;

AGED; DEHYDRATION; HEAT STROKE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS;

EID: 68249115758     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b2663     Document Type: Editorial

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