Heat Illness. A Report of 45 Cases from Hong Kong
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Heat illness. A report of 45 cases from Hong Kong.
During the summer of 1985, 45 soldiers with heat illness were admitted to the British Military Hospital, Hong Kong. Twelve had severe heat stroke, the remainder heat exhaustion. This paper discusses the management and prevention of heat illness in the military context.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps
سال: 1986
ISSN: 0035-8665,2052-0468
DOI: 10.1136/jramc-132-02-03