Neurological manifestations in Japanese Ama divers

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-20

  Kohshi, K ^a   Wong, R M ^e   Abe, H ^a   Katoh, T ^b   Okudera, T ^c   Mano, Y ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^c IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Fremantle Hospital and Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; FEMALE; HIGH PRESSURE NEUROLOGICAL SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; JAPAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MILITARY MEDICINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; TIME;

ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; FEMALE; HIGH PRESSURE NEUROLOGICAL SYNDROME; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; JAPAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SUBMARINE MEDICINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 15544376388     PISSN: 10662936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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