Dysbaric osteonecrosis screening in submarine escape instructors

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 673-675

  Yildiz, Senol ^a   Çimsit, Çagatay ^b   Toklu, Akin Savas ^c   Çimsit, Maide ^c  

^a GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Decompression; Dysbaric; Escape; Osteonecrosis; Submarine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION; DIVING; DYSBARIC OSTEONECROSIS; HUMAN; HYPERBARISM; MILITARY MEDICINE; NAVY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCREENING; SUBMARINE ESCAPE INSTRUCTOR; SUBMARINE ESCAPE TRAINING TOWER; TEACHER; TRAINING; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; BAROTRAUMA; COMORBIDITY; DIVING; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OSTEONECROSIS; PREVALENCE; TURKEY;

EID: 3442890217     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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