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Personal protective body armour
1989Benefit (protection) and drawbacks (functional obstruction, physiological impairment) of body armour are discussed. The mechanism of physiological impairment seems to be rather straightforward and can be explained by an impairment of heat exchange. However, protection and functional obstruction are still subject to dispute, mainly where the conversion ...
Linde, F.J.G. van de, Lotens, W.A.
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Body Armour in the European Bronze Age
2018This chapter provides an overview of all classes of metal body armour from the European Bronze Age based on an interdisciplinary approach combining traditional typo-chronologies with aspects of manufacture and use revealed by scientific analysis. The earliest known specimen of metal body armour from Dendra, Greece, dates to the first half of the ...
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Paramedics in need of user friendly body armour
Journal of Paramedic Practice, 2011Robert Kaiser, CEO of PPSS Group, Knaresborough, UK, discusses the results of a recent survey, highlighing the issue of paramedics using body armour.
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Body Armour Comfort & Mobility Assessment
16th Personal Armour Systems Symposium (PASS 2023), 2023L. Boogh, C. Djololian
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Helmets and Body Armour in New Kingdom Egypt
This book examines the dynamics around the introduction and spread of helmets and body armour throughout Egypt during the 18th, 19th and 20th Dynasties. It argues that the word ‘introduction’ is the best term to define this phenomenon because these types of military equipment were not in fact Egyptian technological innovations, but initially appeared ...Walter Crist +16 more
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An Ergonomics Assessment of Police Body Armour
2023Katie Buchanan, Robin Hooper
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