Generic task-related occupational requirements for Royal Naval personnel

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 503-510

  Bilzon, J L J ^a,b   Scarpello, E G ^a   Bilzon, E ^a   Allsopp, A J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NAVAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Headquart Army Train/Recruit Agen   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fitness tests; Occupational fitness; Physical fitness; Physical standards

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FITNESS; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NAVY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SIMULATION; STANDARD; SURVIVAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NAVAL MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 0036941321     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/52.8.503     Document Type: Article

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