Structured Summary
Abstract
A group of conditions that develop due to overexposure or overexertion in excessive environmental heat.
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Synonyms
23 entry terms
- Heat Illness
- Heat Stress Syndromes
- Stress Disorders, Heat
- Heat Illnesses
- Heat Stress Disorder
- Heat Stress Syndrome
- Illness, Heat
- Stress Disorder, Heat
- Stress Syndrome, Heat
- Exertional Heat Illness
- Exertional Heat Stress
- Heat Cramps
- Heat Fatigue
- Heat Syncope
- Exertional Heat Illnesses
- Exertional Heat Stresses
- Fatigue, Heat
- Heat Cramp
- Heat Fatigues
- Heat Illness, Exertional
- Heat Stress, Exertional
- Heat Syncopes
- Syncope, Heat
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35 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
general or unspecified; prefer specifics; restrict to humans and vertebrates; not for microorganisms or plants
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History Note
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Previous Indexing
- Heat (1966-1995)
- Stress (1966-1995)
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QT 150
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Heat Stress Disorders. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018882. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018882
- Heat Stress Disorders. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_illness
- Heat Stress Disorders. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1191065