Relationship of the time course of venous gas bubbles to altitude decompression illness

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 141-149

  Conkin, J ^a   Foster, P P ^a   Powell, M R ^a   Waligora, J M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Aviators; Hypobaric chambers; Maximum likelihood; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIMB; MALE; NASA CENTER JSC; NASA DISCIPLINE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; PULMONARY ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

NASA CENTER JSC; NASA DISCIPLINE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; EMBOLISM, AIR; EXTREMITIES; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030238778     PISSN: 10662936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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