Firefighter's personal protective equipment and the chronotropic index

Ergonomics

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1243-1251

  Smith, Denise L ^a   Fehling, Patricia C ^a   Hultquist, Eric M ^a   Lefferts, Wesley K ^a   Barr, David A ^a   Storer, Thomas W ^b   Cooper, Christopher B ^b  

^a SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

chronotropic index; firefighting; heart rate; oxygen uptake; personal protective equipment

Indexed keywords

CHRONOTROPIC INDEX; FIREFIGHTING; HEART RATES; OXYGEN UPTAKE; PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT;

FIRE EXTINGUISHERS; FIRES; HEART; METABOLISM; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING;

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; EXERCISE; FIRE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY TEMPERATURE; FIRES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL EXERTION; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867267166     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2012.703696     Document Type: Article

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