Pre-dive exercise and post-dive evolution of venous gas emboli

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 30-34

  Gennser, Mikael ^a   Jurd, Karen M ^b   Blogg, S Lesley ^c  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

^c SLB Consulting   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bubbles; Cycling; Decompression sickness; Doppler ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIVING; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ADULT; DIVING; EMBOLISM, AIR; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 84856591696     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2893.2012     Document Type: Article

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