An examination of two emergency breathing aids for use during helicopter underwater escape

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 907-914

  Tipton, Michael J ^a   Franks, Clare M ^a   Sage, Barbara A ^b   Redman, Peter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BAROTRAUMA; BREATH HOLDING; BREATHING APPARATUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG INJURY; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL TIME; WATER IMMERSION;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; EMERGENCIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IMMERSION; MALE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SURVIVAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030874165     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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