Health outcome following multi-day occupational air diving

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 127-134

  Doolette, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decompression sickness; Diving; Health status; Health surveys; Occupational health; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0141464977     PISSN: 10662936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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