Decompression sickness from saturation diving: A case control study of some diving exposure characteristics

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 73-80

  Jacobsen, G ^a   Jacobsen, J E ^a   Peterson, R E ^a   Mclellan, J H ^a   Brooke, S T ^a   Nome, T ^a   Brubakk, A O ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Bubbles; Decompression sickness; Effect accumulation; Exposure stress; Saturation diving

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; HUMAN; NORWAY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STRESS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NORWAY; STRESS;

EID: 0031160419     PISSN: 10662936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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