Diabetes as a contraindication to diving: Should old dogma give way to new evidence?

South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 44-48

  Taylor, L ^a   Mitchell, S ^a  

^a WESLEY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Drugs; Risks; Safety

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEATH; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIVING; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; SAFETY; SYMPTOM; TRAINING;

EID: 0035104373     PISSN: 08131988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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