Auxiliary Heating of the Hands During Cold Exposure and Manual Performance

Human Factors: The Journal of Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1971, Pages 457-465

  Lockhart, John M ^a   Kiess, Harold O ^a  

^a DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAND; HEATING; HUMAN; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; COLD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAND; HEATING; HUMAN; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; MOTOR SKILLS; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0015129964     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: 15478181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001872087101300508     Document Type: Article

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