Open water scuba diving accidents at Leicester: Five years' experience

Journal of Accident and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 198-200

  Hart, Alister J ^a   White, S A ^b   Conboy, P J ^b   Bodiwala, G ^b   Quinton, D ^b  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Barotrauma; Decompression sickness; Nitrogen narcosis; Scuba diving

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; AWARENESS; BAROTRAUMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; VISIBILITY;

EID: 0032912984     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.16.3.198     Document Type: Article

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