Identifying the physical demands of army reserve personnel during deployable medical systems training

Military Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 537-542

  Dybel, Gerard J ^a   Seymour, Connie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ERGONOMICS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB ANALYSIS; LIFTING EFFORT; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MILITARY MEDICINE; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; RATING SCALE; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030734767     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/162.8.537     Document Type: Article

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