The Valsalva manoeuvre a critical review

South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 8-13

  Taylor, David ^a,b  

^a BALLARAT HEALTH SERVICES   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Barotrauma; ENT; Physiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842518491     PISSN: 08131988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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