Ascent rate, age, maximal oxygen uptake, adiposity, and circulating venous bubbles after diving

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1349-1356

  Carturan, D ^a   Boussuges, A ^b   Vanuxem, P ^a   Bar Hen, A ^a   Burnet, H ^c   Gardette, B ^d  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b Child and Adolescent Psychopathology Unit Salvator Hospital Public Assistance Marseille Hospitals University Aix Marseille II   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d Institut Méditerranéen d'Ecologie et de Paléoécologie ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Bubble formation; Scuba diving; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DIVING; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; ULTRASOUND; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

EID: 0036786686     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00723.1999     Document Type: Article

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