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. 2024 Jan 16;331(3):253-256.
doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.24417.

Body Core Temperature After Foot Immersion and Neck Cooling in Older Adults Exposed to Extreme Heat

Robert D Meade  1 , Emma R McCourt  1 , James J McCormick  1 , Pierre Boulay  2 , Ronald J Sigal  3 , Glen P Kenny  1
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Body Core Temperature After Foot Immersion and Neck Cooling in Older Adults Exposed to Extreme Heat

Robert D Meade et al. JAMA. .
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This randomized study evaluates the hypothesis that foot immersion in cool water alone or with supplemental neck cooling mitigates increases in core temperature in older adults exposed to environmental conditions simulating deadly heat waves in North America.

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