Breathing a mixture of inert gases: Disproportionate diffusion into decompression bubbles

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-17

  Van Liew, H D ^a   Burkard, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bends; Bubble growth; Decompression sickness; Diving; Gas diffusion; Helium; Hyperbaric; Trimix

Indexed keywords

HELIUM; NITROGEN;

ABSORPTION; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WATER; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE;

ABSORPTION; ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY WATER; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; HELIUM; NITROGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE;

EID: 0030095617     PISSN: 10662936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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