Importance of surface tension in therapeutic compression in decompression sickness

Physiological Research

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 467-470

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^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

decompression sickness; gas bubbles in tissues; surface tension; therapeutic compression

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; SURFACE TENSION;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DECOMPRESSION; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; GASES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SURFACE TENSION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030484640     PISSN: 08628408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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