Spirometric indices and the risk of pulmonary barotrauma in submarine escape training

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 213-217

  Benton, P J ^a   Francis, T J R ^a   Pethybridge, R J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NAVAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air embolism; Barotrauma; Decompression illness; Spirometry; Submarine medicine

Indexed keywords

AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; BAROTRAUMA; CYST; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOLDIER; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY;

BAROTRAUMA; CYSTS; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMBOLISM, AIR; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; SPIROMETRY; SUBMARINE MEDICINE; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0033250911     PISSN: 10662936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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