Expiratory flow limitation in compressed air divers and oxygen divers

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 895-899

  Tetzlaff, K ^a,b   Friege, L ^b   Reuter, M ^b   Haber, J ^a   Mutzbauer, T ^c   Neubauer, B ^c  

^a Schiffahrtmedizinisches Institut der Marine   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c Fed Ger Navy Weapons Diver B   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airflow limitation; Diving; Hyperbaria; Hyperoxia; Lung function

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BODY PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVING; EXPIRATORY FLOW; HUMAN; HYPERBARISM; HYPEROXIA; HYPERVENTILATION; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION DISORDER; SMOKING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADULT; AIR; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECOMPRESSION; DIVING; EXPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME; HUMANS; HYPEROXIA; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OXYGEN; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0031784189     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.98.12040895     Document Type: Article

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