The effect of practical cooling strategies on physiological response and cognitive function during simulated firefighting tasks in a smoke-diving room

Rasoul Hemmatjo ¹, Majid Motamedzade ² * , Mohsen Aliabadi ³, Omid Kalatpour ³, Maryam Farhadian ⁴

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