A physiological model of the release of gas bubbles from crevices under decompression

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 166-180

  Chappell, M A ^a   Payne, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bubble, gas, formation, growth; Crevice, hydrophobic; Decompression illness; Decompression sickness; Evolved gas, decompression; Mathematical model, physiological; Nucleation, gas bubble

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD GAS; DECOMPRESSION; GAS DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DECOMPRESSION; DIFFUSION; GASES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 33646016087     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2005.10.006     Document Type: Article

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