Electric fan use during heat waves: Turn off for the elderly?

Daniel GagnonCardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation CentreMontreal Heart Institute Research Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada;Département de pharmacologie et physiologie, Faculté de Médecine Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]

Craig G. CrandallInstitute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA

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