On-site recompression treatment is acceptable for DCI

South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 166-173

  Brubakk, Alf ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NONE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Accidents; Decompression illness; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040782706     PISSN: 08131988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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