Improved pulmonary function in working divers breathing nitrox at shallow depths

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 763-767

  Fitzpatrick, Daniel T ^a   Conkin, Johnny ^b  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Diving; Forced vital capacity; Hyperoxia; Lung function

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DIVER; EMPLOYMENT; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPEROXIA; LUNG FUNCTION; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; TRAINING; VITAL CAPACITY; WORK;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DIVING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXYGEN; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SMOKING; TIME; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0037678641     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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