The U.S. Navy decompression computer

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 213-228

  Butler, F K ^a   Southerland, D ^a  

^a Naval Special Warfare Command   (United States)

Author keywords

Decompression computer; Decompression models; Decompression table testing; Dive computer; U.S. Navy

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; DECOMPRESSION; DIVING; FORECASTING; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICINE; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; UNITED STATES;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTERS; DECOMPRESSION; DIVING; FORECASTING; HUMANS; NAVAL MEDICINE; REFERENCE VALUES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035453169     PISSN: 10662936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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