Female exposure to high G: Performance of simulated flight after 24 hours of sleep deprivation

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 862-868

  Chelette, Tamara L ^a,b   Albery, William B ^a   Esken, Robert L ^a   Tripp, Lloyd D ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b AL/CFBS Bldg 29 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; AIR FORCE; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; BRAIN OXYGEN TENSION; CENTRIFUGATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONDITIONING; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FLIGHT; FRUSTRATION; GRAVITATIONAL STRESS; HUMAN; MALE; PREGNANCY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GRAVITY SUITS; HUMANS; HYPERGRAVITY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; VALSALVA MANEUVER; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0031717775     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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