Validation of a physical abilities field test for the selection of state traffic officers

Journal of Occupational Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1979, Pages 33-40

  Wilmore, Jack H ^a,b   Davis, James A ^a,b  

^a National Athletic Health Institute Department of California Highway Patrol ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL EXAMINATION; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; POLICE; SELECTION; TRAFFIC; UNITED STATES;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BODY COMPOSITION; CALIFORNIA; EVALUATION STUDIES; EXERTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL;

EID: 0018376525     PISSN: 00961736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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