Quantifying dehydration in the fire service using field methods and novel devices

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 347-355

  Horn, Gavin P ^a   Deblois, Jacob ^b   Shalmyeva, Inga ^b   Smith, Denise L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Firefighter; Hydration; Rehabilitation; Salivary osmolality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; BODY MASS; DEHYDRATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FIRE FIGHTER; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; BODY FLUIDS; BODY MASS INDEX; DEHYDRATION; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FIREFIGHTERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84861521736     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2012.664243     Document Type: Article

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