It is possible to perform a double-blind hyperbaric session: A double-blinded randomized trial performed on healthy volunteers

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 347-351

  Jansen, T ^a   Mortensen, C R ^a   Tvede, M F ^a  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

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ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; PRESSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; PRESSURE;

EID: 75649088904     PISSN: 10662936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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