Risk factors for pulmonary barotrauma in divers

Chest

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 654-659

  Tetzlaff, K ^a   Reuter, M ^a   Leplow, B ^a   Heller, M ^a   Bettinghausen, E ^a  

^a SIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Diving; Lung function; Pulmonary barotrauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BAROTRAUMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; FEMALE; GAS EMBOLISM; HUMAN; LUNG CYST; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THORAX INJURY;

EID: 0030879650     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.112.3.654     Document Type: Article

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