The challenges of diving to depth

American Scientist

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 530-539

  Kooyman, Gerald L ^a,b,f   Ponganis, Paul J ^c,d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c Ctr for Mar Biotech and Biomed   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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