Compressed air tunneling and caisson work decompression procedures: Development, problems, and solutions

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 337-345

  Kindwall, E P ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bends; Caisson; Compressed air; Decompression illness sickness; Dysbaric osteonecrosis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Oxygen decompression; Tunnel; U.S. Navy tables 5 and 6

Indexed keywords

BONE NECROSIS; DECOMPRESSION; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; MALE; MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

DECOMPRESSION; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; MALE; NAVAL MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OSTEONECROSIS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0031298822     PISSN: 10662936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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