Risk of decompression sickness with patent foramen ovale

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 175-178

  Bove, A A ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Decompression sickness; Diving, undersea medicine; Metaanalysis; Patent foramen ovale

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; RISK;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; RISK;

EID: 0032164648     PISSN: 10662936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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