TECHNIQUES FOR MEASURING BODY COMPOSITION. PROCEEDINGS OF A CONFERENCE QUARTERMASTER RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING CENTER, NATICK, MASSACHUSETTS JANUARY 22- 23, 1959, SPONSORED BY HEADQUARTERS QUARTERMASTER RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMMAND U. S. ARMY QUARTERMASTER CORPS AND COMMITTEE ON STRESS PHYSIOLOGY ADVISORY BOARD ON QUARTERMASTER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT DIVISION OF ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH

• Main Authors: Brozek, Josef, Henschel, Austin
• Other Authors: NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES-NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL WASHINGTON DC
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1961
• Subjects: Human Factors Engineering & Man Machine System; Anatomy and Physiology; Protective Equipment; *BIOCHEMISTRY; *COLD WEATHER OPERATIONS; *PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; *ANTHROPOMETRY; SYMPOSIA; HUMAN BODY; ELECTROLYTES; BONES; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; BLOOD VOLUME; BODY WEIGHT; BODY FLUIDS; MUSCLES; LIPIDS; HUMANS; Arctic
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0286506; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0286506

DESCRIPTORS: *Arctic region , *LOGISTICS, *Exposure, *National defese, *Physiology, *Psychology, PROECTIVE CLOTHING, Food, Man. Seventeen papers decribing the logistics, strategic importance, physiological medical and psychiatric problems, and sociological and political aspects of living in the arctic ar presented.