The deadly heat wave of Pakistan, June 2015

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 247-248

  Masood, I ^a   Majid, Z ^a   Sohail, S ^a   Zia, A ^a   Raza, S ^b  

^a DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; DEHYDRATION; DIET RESTRICTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GOVERNMENT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HEAT; HEAT STROKE; HUMAN; LETTER; PAKISTAN;

EID: 84944598698     PISSN: 20086520     EISSN: 20086814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15171/ijoem.2015.672     Document Type: Letter

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