Atmospheric Changes and Physiological Responses during a 6-Day "Disabled Submarine" Exercise

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 138-149

  Risberg, Jan ^a,b   Östberg, Christina ^a   Svensson, Torbjørn ^a   Norfleet, William ^a   Örnhagen, Hans ^a   Mjaavatten, Olav ^a   Juvik, Trond ^a  

^a Forsvarsnett   (Norway)

^b NUI as   (Norway)

Author keywords

Atmospheric monitoring; Disabled submarine; Hypercapnia; Hypoxia; Indoor air quality; Lithium hydroxide; Soda lime; Survival; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; INORGANIC COMPOUND; LITHIUM DERIVATIVE; LITHIUM HYDROXIDE; SODIUM CARBONATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; FINGER; FLUID INTAKE; HEEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MILITARY MEDICINE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SURVIVAL TIME; TOE; URINE VOLUME;

ADULT; ANOXIA; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; HYPERCAPNIA; MALE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SUBMARINE MEDICINE; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE;

ULA;

EID: 1642580547     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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