Incorporating occupational medicine methodology into military fitness for duty and readiness issues

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 740-745

  Popper, Stephen E ^a  

^a WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; ERGOMETRY; FITNESS; HEALTH PROGRAM; MILITARY MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AVIATION; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; UNITED STATES; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 0030763090     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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