Longitudinal studies of behavior and performance during a winter at the south pole

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-77

  Palinkas, Lawrence A ^a   Johnson, Jeffrey C ^b   Boster, James S ^c   Houseal, Matthew ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COSMONAUT; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SPACE FLIGHT; WINTER;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; AFFECT; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BEHAVIOR; COLD CLIMATE; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEASONS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031983569     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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