Exogenous nitric oxide and bubble formation in divers

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1432-1435

  Dujić, Željko ^a   Palada, Ivan ^a   Valic, Zoran ^a   Duplančić, Darko ^a   Obad, Ante ^a   Wisløff, Ulrik ^b   Brubakk, Alf O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Decompression sickness; Diving; Hyperbaric chamber; Man; NO

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERBARISM; LUNG ARTERY; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SPORT; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; GASES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITROGLYCERIN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PULMONARY ARTERY;

EID: 33747036419     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000228936.78916.23     Document Type: Article

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