Heat stroke risk for open-water swimmers during long-distance events

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 362-365

  Macaluso, Filippo ^a   Barone, Rosario ^a   Isaacs, Ashwin W ^b   Farina, Felicia ^a   Morici, Giuseppe ^a   Di Felice, Valentina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

body composition; body temperature; skin temperature; swimming; triathlon; water sport

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AQUATIC SPORT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHEMISTRY; EXERCISE; HEAT STROKE; HUMAN; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SWIMMING; TEMPERATURE; TRIATHLON;

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY TEMPERATURE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SWIMMING; TRIATHLON; WATER SPORT;

HEAT STROKE; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXERTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SWIMMING; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 84887992431     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wem.2013.04.008     Document Type: Article

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