Long-term neuropsychological effects in non-saturation construction divers

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-57

  Bast Pettersen, Rita ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Construction divers; Neuropsychological function; Neuropsychometric tests; Non saturation diving; Reaction time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOMETRY; RESPONSE TIME;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIVING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032899967     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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