Health and efficiency in trimix versus air breathing in compressed air workers

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 419-427

  Van Rees Vellinga, T P ^a,b   Verhoeven, A C ^a   Van Dijk, F J H ^a   Sterk, W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Royal Netherlands Army   (Netherlands)

^c Dadcodat ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIUM; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; TRIMIX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AIR; ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; EVALUATION; EXERCISE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; TIME;

ADULT; AIR; DECOMPRESSION; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; EFFICIENCY; EXERTION; HEALTH STATUS; HELIUM; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NITROGEN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OXYGEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33847076794     PISSN: 10662936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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