Neurological manifestations of decompression illness in recreational divers-the Cozumel experience

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 349-357

  Newton, H B ^a,b   Padilla, W ^c   Burkart, J ^a   Pearl, D K ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Subaquatic Safety Services   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARESTHESIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PARESTHESIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSATION DISORDERS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 38449118164     PISSN: 10662936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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