A Review of Decompression Sickness and Arterial Gas Embolism

Archives of Family Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 491-494

  Beckman, Thomas J ^a,b  

^a LAC+USC Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR EMBOLISM; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; EMBOLISM, AIR; HUMANS;

EID: 0031230810     PISSN: 10633987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archfami.6.5.491     Document Type: Review

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