Issues of work intensity, pace, and sustainability in relation to work context and nutritional status

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 498-513

  Panter brick, Catherine ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDURANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; HABITUATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LABOR; MOTION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REST; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SOCIETY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME; WEIGHT BEARING; WORK; WORK CAPACITY; WORKING TIME;

AGRICULTURE; EFFICIENCY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; WORK;

LEPUS; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 0038388273     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.10189     Document Type: Review

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