Venous gas embolism in chamber attendants after hyperbaric exposure

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 417-429

  Risberg, J ^a,b   Englund, M ^b   Aanderud, L ^a   Eftedal, O ^c   Flook, V ^d   Thorsen, E ^a,e  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NUI as   (Norway)

^c Thelma as   (Norway)

^d Unimed Scientific   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; EMBOLISM, AIR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

EID: 12344293909     PISSN: 10662936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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