TY  - BOOK
AU  - ABRIAT Amandine
TI  - Report of 182 cases of exertional heatstroke in the French armed forces
PY  - 2014///
KW  - HEATSTROKE
KW  - MILITARY PERSONNEL
KW  - FRANCE
N2  - Report of study of EHS in a large military cohort of 182 cases admitted between 2004 and 2006 to the Military Teaching Hospital Laveran, Marseilles, France. Most cases occurred towards the end of timed 8 km races in battle clothes between May and October (the hotter months of the year in France). Concludes that detection of severe EHS in the field remains challenging and improvements are urgently required as EHS is a life threatening condition
ER  -