Hyperoxic myopia in a closed-circuit mixed-gas scuba diver

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-45

  Butler Jr , F K ^a   White, E ^a   Twa, M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Closed circuit scuba; Eye; Hyperbaric oxygen; Hyperoxic myopia; Lens; Lenticular oxygen toxicity; Oxygen toxicity; Scuba diving

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; DIVING; HUMAN; HYPEROXIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; PRESSURE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DIVING; HUMANS; HYPEROXIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0033087983     PISSN: 10662936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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