Effect of long flights on the cognitive performance of air crew

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 319-322

  Beh, Helen C ^a   McLaughlin, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Qantas Airways ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STRESS;

EID: 0031068297     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1997.84.1.319     Document Type: Article

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