Decompression Sickness in Women: A Possible Relationship with the Menstrual Cycle

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1177-1182

  Lee, Vivienne M ^a   St Leger Dowse, Marguerite ^b   Edge, Christopher ^c   Gunby, Alex ^b   Bryson, Philip ^b  

^a QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

^b Diving Diseases Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decompression illness; Menstruation; Scuba diving; Women

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AVIATION; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATABASES; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0242267538     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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