The effect of fluid consumption on the forest workers' performance strategy

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-36

  Wästerlund, Dianne Staal ^a   Chaseling, Janet ^b   Burström, Lage ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavioural choice; Dehydration; Work physiology

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; HARVESTING; PERSONNEL; PULP MANUFACTURE; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

HEART RATE DEVELOPMENT; MANUAL HARVESTING;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUID INTAKE; FOREST WORKER; HARVESTING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREE; WOOD;

EID: 1242273773     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2003.09.002     Document Type: Article

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