Can eustachian tube ventilatory function impairment after oxygen diving be influenced by application of free radical scavenger vitamins C and E?

Laryngoscope

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 861-866

  Mutzbauer, Till S ^a,b,f   Neubauer, B ^c   Mueller, P H J ^d   Sigg, O ^a   Tetzlaff, K ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b Naval Command Sector West   (Germany)

^c Health and Safety Department   (Germany)

^d Uinversity Medical Center Mannheim   (Germany)

^e Schiffahrtmedizinisches Institut der Marine   (Germany)

^f BUNDESWEHRKRANKENHAUS ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eustachian tube ventilation impairment; Free radical scavenger vitamins; Middle ear impedance; Oxygen diving

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; SCAVENGER;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY TUBE; AUDITORY TUBE DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035005298     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200105000-00020     Document Type: Article

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