The China productivity project: Results and conclusions

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 295-313

  Steegmann Jr , A Theodore ^a   Li, Tian Lin ^b   Hewner, Sharon J ^c   Emmer, Daniel W ^a   Sun, Wei ^d   Leonard, William R ^e   Zhang, Xiufen ^f   Liu, Zun Young ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c D'YOUVILLE COLLEGE   (United States)

^d China National Medicines Corporation Ltd   (China)

^e University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^f Harbin Inst Indust Hyg Occup D   (China)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Alcohol; China; Health; Nutrition; Productivity prediction; Work behavior; Work physiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY SIZE; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD TOLERANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRODUCTIVITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WORK CAPACITY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BEHAVIOR; BODY COMPOSITION; CHINA; CULTURE; EFFICIENCY; HEALTH STATUS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, ECONOMIC; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WORK;

EID: 1842290328     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199707)103:3<295::AID-AJPA1>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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