Decompression illness reported in a survey of 429 recreational divers

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 123-128

  Klingmann, Christoph ^a   Gonnermann, Achim ^a   Dreyhaupt, Jens ^a   Vent, Julia ^b   Praetorius, Mark ^a   Plinkert, Peter K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Altitude decompression sickness; Arterial gas embolism; Decompression illness; Decompression sickness; Diving accidents; Technical diving

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVER; DIVING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CERTIFICATION; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 38649092406     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2126.2008     Document Type: Article

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