Pearl diving from Broome

South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society Journal

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL., 1996, Pages 15-25

  Wong, Robert M ^a,b  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Royal Australian Navy   (Australia)

Author keywords

Deaths; Decompression illness; History; Hyperbaric facilities; Occupational diving; Oxygen; Tables

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348078021     PISSN: 08131988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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