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Heat illness in Cyprus.
Heat illness in the Armed Forces is an emotive issue. No specific service-wide system currently exists to monitor the incidence of heat illness. Within British Forces Cyprus medical policy guidelines for physical activity at various Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) readings were issued in 1988. A local system for reporting heat casualties was introduced in August 1989. This paper examined retr...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0035-8665,2052-0468
DOI: 10.1136/jramc-140-02-03