Hyperbaric chamber attendant safety I: Doppler analysis of decompression stress in multiplace chamber attendants

Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 63-70

  Cooper, P David ^a   Van Den Broek, Corry ^a   Smart, David R ^a,b   Nishi, Ron Y ^d   Eastman, David ^c  

^a ROYAL HOBART HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Calvary Health Care   (Australia)

^c DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Bubbles; Decompression; Decompression sickness; Doppler; Hyperbaric facilities; Nursing; Occupational health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; SEX RATIO;

EID: 67651250969     PISSN: 18333516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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