How to measure human adaptation in extreme environments: The case of antarctic wintering-over

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1144-1149

  Le Scanff, Christine ^a   Larue, Jacques ^a   Rosnet, Elisabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b Lab de Psychol Appl de Reims   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC CLIMATE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; COGNITION; COLD; HUMANS; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030822938     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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