Negligible heat strain in armored vehicle officers wearing personal body armor

Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Stewart, Ian B ^a   Hunt, Andrew P ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY ARMOR; CORE TEMPERATURE; DEHYDRATION; HEART RATE; HEAT; HUMAN; MALE; MICTURITION; POLICE; RELATIVE DENSITY; TROPIC CLIMATE;

EID: 79960870549     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6673-6-22     Document Type: Article

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