A diving fatality due to oxygen toxicity during a 'technical' dive

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 165, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 262-263

  Lawrence, Christopher H ^a,b  

^a NSW Department of Forensic Medicine   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIVING; DROWNING; EQUIPMENT; FATALITY; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGEN TOXICITY; SEIZURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029846215     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1996.tb124961.x     Document Type: Article

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