Does cold water truly promote diver's ear?

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-62

  Ito, M ^a   Ikeda, M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Diver; Diver's ear; Exostosis; External auditory canal; Navy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; COLD; DIVING; EAR DISEASE; EXOSTOSIS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; COLD; DIVING; EAR CANAL; EAR DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; EXOSTOSES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0032018447     PISSN: 10662936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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