Physiological tolerance times while wearing explosive ordnance disposal protective clothing in simulated environmental extremes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Stewart, Ian B ^a   Stewart, Kelly L ^a   Worringham, Charles J ^a   Costello, Joseph T ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FATIGUE; HEART RATE; HEAT TOLERANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NAUSEA; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SWEATING; TIME; WALKING; WALKING SPEED; WET BULB GLOBE TEMPERATURE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; HEAT; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARDS;

EXPLOSIVE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; HEART RATE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL EXERTION; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84896750678     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083740     Document Type: Article

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