Hematocrit change in tropical scuba divers

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 48-53

  Williams, Simon T B ^a   Prior, Frank G R ^b   Bryson, Phil ^a  

^a Diving Diseases Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b Osmosis Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dehydration; Diving; Hematocrit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DEHYDRATION; DIVER; FEMALE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; TROPICS;

EID: 34047197513     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/06-WEME-BR-009R.1     Document Type: Article

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