Risk of decompression sickness in extreme human breath-hold diving

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 83-91

  Fitz Clarke, J R ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ALGORITHMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PULMONARY ATELECTASIS; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 66149115976     PISSN: 10662936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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