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Gutierrez, Greg – Physician and Sportsmedicine, 1995
Children are especially vulnerable to solar injury and heat illness. Physicians can lower children's risk through education about short-term and long-term sequelae and through various prevention efforts. The paper discusses how to screen for risk factors and how to prevent and treat heat illness and solar injury. (SM)
Descriptors: Child Health, Children, Elementary Education, Eyes