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Heat illness--recent developments.

R J Booker·M C M Bricknell
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This paper reviews the literature concerning exertional heat illness in soldiers. It focuses on developments since Bricknell's two part paper "Heat Illness--A Review of Military Experience" published in this journal in 1996. Recent advances in the understanding of risk factors, pathophysiology and treatment are discussed with a view to reducing the already low incidence of heat illness within the Armed Forces.

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R J Booker, M C M Bricknell. 2002. Heat illness--recent developments.. https://doi.org/10.1136/jramc-148-01-03

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