The Case for Heat Acclimatization of Disaster Responders-An Australian Perspective
Front Public Health
.
2017 Apr 25:5:98.
doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2017.00098.
eCollection 2017.
Authors
Matt B Brearley
1
,
Ian N Norton
2
,
Abigail S Trewin
1
Affiliations
1
Disaster Response and Preparedness, National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre, Darwin, NT, Australia.
2
Emergency Risk Management and Humanitarian Response, World Health Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland.
PMID:
28487852
PMCID:
PMC5403816
DOI:
10.3389/fpubh.2017.00098
No abstract available
Keywords:
acclimatization; disaster; emergency; heat stress; preparedness; responder; tropics.
Grants and funding
001/WHO_/World Health Organization/International