Dysbaric osteonecrosis screening in Turkish Navy divers

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 44-46

  Uzun, Gunalp ^a,d   Toklu, Akin Savas ^b   Yildiz, Senol ^a   Sonmez, Guner ^a   Aktaş, Şamil ^b   Sezer, Hakan ^c   Mutlu, Hakan ^a   Cimşit, Maide ^b  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Turkish Naval Forces   (Turkey)

^d GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Diving; Dysbaric osteonecrosis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Military diver

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; DIVER; HIP; HUMAN; KNEE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; NAVY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SCREENING TEST; SHOULDER; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; DIVING; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OSTEONECROSIS; PREVALENCE; TURKEY;

EID: 37749004409     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2183.2008     Document Type: Article

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