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Sarah L Davey1,2, Victoria Downie1,3, Katy Griggs1,4

  • 1Environmental Ergonomics Research Centre, Loughborough Design School, Loughborough University, Loughborough, LE11 3TU, UK.

European Journal of Applied Physiology
|March 7, 2021
PubMed
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Keywords:
Heat illnessHeat stressHeat stress indicesHyperthermia-induced fatiguePhysiological strain indexThermal tolerance limit

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