Environmental Stressors Affecting Human Physiology and Performance in Northern Australia.

Abstract

Deployment of military staff to the north exposes them to the debilitating effects of high heat and humidity. This paper summarises the findings of a series of visit to several military establishments in northern Australia and a training battalion in NSW. Areas of research priority were identified and recommendations were given to address ADF's requirements in human physiological performance and survivability in adverse environments.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA322109

Entities

People

  • Wai-man Lau

Organizations

  • Defence Science and Technology Group

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Body Temperature
  • Brain
  • Climate
  • Environment
  • Geography
  • Heat Energy
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Operations
  • Military Vehicles
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Physiology
  • Stress (Physiology)
  • Students
  • Terrain
  • Training
  • Vehicles

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