Notes from the field: Amphetamine use among workers with severe hyperthermia - eight states, 2010-2019 - Karasick AS, Thomas RJ, Cannon DL, Fagan KM, Bray PA, Hodgson MJ, Tustin AW.

Workers can develop hyperthermia when core body temperature rises because of heat stress (environmental heat plus metabolic heat from physical activity) (1). Amphetamines are central nervous system stimulants that can induce hyperthermia independently or i...
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