Physiological and Psychological Fatigue in Extreme Conditions: The Military Example

PM and R

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 438-441

  Weeks, Sharon R ^a   McAuliffe, Caitlin L ^a   DuRussel, David ^a   Pasquina, Paul F ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DCDisclosure: Funded by the Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; SOMATOMEDIN; THYROXINE;

ARMY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CALORIC INTAKE; COGNITION; DYSTHYMIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; TRAINING; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WAR;

AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; COGNITION; ENERGY INTAKE; FATIGUE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77952811236     PISSN: 19341482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2010.03.023     Document Type: Article

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