Work demands during firefighting training: Does age matter?

Ergonomics

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 555-564

  Bennett, A I ^a   Hanley, J ^b   Buckle, P ^c   Bridger, R S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NAVAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Regional Occupational Health Team   (United Kingdom)

^c Robens Institute   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing workforce; Firefighting; Heart rate; Physical demands

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED; AGEING WORKFORCE; FIREFIGHTING; HEART RATE; HEART RATES; OLDER PEOPLE; PHYSICAL DEMAND; PHYSICAL EXERCISE; ROYAL FLEET AUXILIARIES; WORK CAPACITIES; WORK DEMANDS;

PERSONNEL TRAINING;

FIRE EXTINGUISHERS;

EID: 79959320492     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2011.582540     Document Type: Article

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