Recommendations for the ethical use of pharmacologic fatigue countermeasures in the U.S. military

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 5 II, 2007, Pages

  Russo, Michael B ^a  

^a U S ARMY AEROMEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Augmented cognition; Bioethics; Neuroethics; Pharmaceuticals

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; DEXAMPHETAMINE; FLUMAZENIL; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; PYRIDOSTIGMINE; TEMAZEPAM; TRIAZOLAM; ZALEPLON;

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BIOETHICS; DECISION MAKING; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG USE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; MILITARY MEDICINE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SOLDIER;

COGNITION; FATIGUE; HUMANS; MILITARY MEDICINE; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34248209691     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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