Comparison of male and female responses to carrying absolute and relative loads while on a three hour military march

Proceedings of the XIVth Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association and 44th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Association, 'Ergonomics for the New Millennium'

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 161-164

  Scott, P A ^a   Ramabhai, L ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MILITARY OPERATIONS; PERSONNEL RATING; PERSONNEL TESTING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ABSOLUTE LOADS; BODY FATS; HEART RATES; MILITARY MARCH;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 1842686064     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1177/154193120004401711     Document Type: Conference Paper

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