Mortality from non-exertional heat stroke still high in india

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 222-224

  Mohanaselvan, Arvindselvan ^a   Bhaskar, E ^a  

^a SRI RAMACHANDRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAT STROKE; HUMAN; HYPERCHLOREMIA; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROTEINURIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INDIA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE;

FEMALE; HEAT STROKE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84908059216     PISSN: 20086520     EISSN: 20086814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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