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Biophysical Assessment and Predicted Thermophysiologic Effects of Body Armor

INTRODUCTION: Military personnel are often required to wear ballistic protection in order to defend against enemies. However, this added protection increases mass carried and imposes additional thermal burden on the individual. Body armor (BA) is known to reduce combat casualties, but the effects of...

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Autores principales: Potter, Adam W., Gonzalez, Julio A., Karis, Anthony J., Xu, Xiaojiang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4511810/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26200906
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0132698