A new class of biophysical models for predicting the probability of decompression sickness in scuba diving

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 484-493

  Goldman, Saul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compartmental modeling; Multi exponential exchange kinetics; Perfusion diffusion models

Indexed keywords

INERT GAS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPARTMENT MODEL; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; GAS EXCHANGE; KINETICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK;

BIOPHYSICS; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34547646321     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00315.2006     Document Type: Article

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