Outcome of neurological decompression illness: Development of a manifestation-based model

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 654-658

  Kelleher, P C ^a,b   Pethybridge, R J ^a   Francis, T J R ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NAVAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b SUBDEVGRU 1 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; FEMALE; GAS EMBOLISM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR SKILLS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSATION; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030017183     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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