Optimal oxygen pressure and time for reduced bubble formation in the N 2-saturated decompressed prawn

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1309-1313

  Ertracht, O ^a   Arieli, R ^a   Arieli, Y ^a   Ron, R ^a   Erlichman, Z ^a   Adir, Y ^a  

^a ISRAEL NAVAL MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bubbles; Decompression; Diving

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; HYPERBARISM; MICRONUCLEUS; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; TIME; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; DECOMPRESSION; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PALAEMONIDAE; PRESSURE; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE;

EID: 15444374160     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01051.2004     Document Type: Article

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