Direct ascent from air and N2-O2 saturation dives in humans: DCS risk and evidence of a threshold

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 409-419

  Van Liew, H D ^a   Flynn, E T ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SEA WATER;

AIR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CALIBRATION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DECOMPRESSION; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWINE; TIME;

AIR; ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CALIBRATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DECOMPRESSION; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAWATER; SWINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33144460766     PISSN: 10662936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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