The physiology of survival: Heat

Josh Foster¹, Robert D Meade^{2

3}, Tom Matthews⁴

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Human and Applied Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King's College London, London, UK.
² Department of Epidemiology, T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
³ South Asia Adaptation Cluster, Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
⁴ Department of Geography, King's College London, London, UK.

Editorial

Josh Foster et al. Exp Physiol. 2025.

. 2025 Oct 25.

doi: 10.1113/EP093192. Online ahead of print.

Josh Foster¹, Robert D Meade^{2

3}, Tom Matthews⁴

¹ Centre for Human and Applied Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King's College London, London, UK.
² Department of Epidemiology, T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
³ South Asia Adaptation Cluster, Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
⁴ Department of Geography, King's College London, London, UK.

No abstract available

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