Altitude decompression sickness susceptibility: Influence of anthropometric and physiologic variables

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 547-551

  Webb, James T ^b,d   Pilmanis, Andrew A ^a   Balldin, Ulf I ^b   Fischer, Joseph R ^c  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b WYLE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c AIES   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic capacity; Age; Body fat; Body mass index; DCS; Height; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; AGE; AIR FORCE; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCIDENCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN;

NASA DISCIPLINE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; NON-NASA CENTER;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ALTITUDE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; DATABASES; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 20044383032     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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