Flight performance effects of thermal stress and two aviator uniforms in a UH-60 helicopter simulator

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 569-576

  Reardon, Matthew J ^a,b   Fraser, Evie B ^a   Omer, Julia M ^a  

^a U S ARMY AEROMEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRPLANE PILOT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; FEMALE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SPACE SUITS;

EID: 0031798768     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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