Commercial porters of eastern Nepal: Health status, physical work capacity, and energy expenditure

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 44-56

  Malville, Nancy J ^a   Byrnes, William C ^a   Lim, H Allen ^a   Basnyat, Ramesh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b His Majesty's Government Army   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CALORIMETRY; CHINA; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EXERCISE TEST; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; JOB ANALYSIS; JOB PERFORMANCE; LABORATORY TEST; LINEAR SYSTEM; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; NEPAL; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEIGHT BEARING; WORK CAPACITY; WORKING TIME;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANTHROPOMETRY; CALORIMETRY, INDIRECT; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE TEST; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFTING; MALE; NEPAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OCCUPATIONS; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; WEIGHT-BEARING; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 0035093039     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1520-6300(200101/02)13:1<44::AID-AJHB1006>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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