Journal Published Online: 01 July 1979
Volume 24, Issue 3

“Paradoxical Undressing”in Fatal Hypothermia

CODEN: JFSCAS

Abstract

Death from exposure to cold presents one of the threats to the survival of man in arctic and subarctic regions. Yet we do not have much actual knowledge of the clinical events leading to fatal hypothermia. Apart from the experiments performed by the Nazis at the Dachau concentration camp [1] most of our knowledge has to be gathered from such sources as memoirs, historical accounts, police reports, and hospital files.

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Wedin, B
National Defense Research Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Vanggaard, L
Institute of Hygiene, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Hirvonen, J
University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
Pages: 11
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Stock #: JFS10867J
ISSN: 0022-1198
DOI: 10.1520/JFS10867J