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A Summer Primer: Heat related Injuries

Over the last few years of the Wilderness Medicine Newsletter, the way we react to, and interact with, our environment has become a common theme—in particular, our physiological  abilities to cope with heat and cold  (thermoregulation) and balance our hydration and electrolyte needs. We decided that it would be a good idea to compile all this information, summarize it, and put it into one handy resource.  So here you go.

 

March/April 2009  ISSN-1059-6518  Volume 22 Number 2

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