The use of pulmonary function testing in piloting, air travel, mountain climbing, and diving

Clinics in Chest Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 795-816

  Dillard, T A ^a   Ewald F W , Jr ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

AIRPLANE PILOT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ASTHMA; AVIATION; BRAIN EDEMA; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIVING; GAS EMBOLISM; HUMAN; HYPOBARISM; HYPOXEMIA; HYPOXIA; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MOUNTAINEERING; OXYGEN TENSION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PREEMPLOYMENT MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

EID: 0035672436     PISSN: 02725231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-5231(05)70067-8     Document Type: Article

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