EVects of successive air and nitrox dives on human vascular function

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2131-2137

  Marinovic, Jasna ^a   Ljubkovic, Marko ^a   Breskovic, Toni ^a   Gunjaca, Grgo ^a   Obad, Ante ^a   Modun, Darko ^a   Bilopavlovic, Nada ^b   Tsikas, Dimitrios ^c   Dujic, Zeljko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arterial stiVness; Blood nitrite; Diving; Flow mediated dilation; Nitrox

Indexed keywords

NITRITE; NITROGEN; NITROX; OXYGEN;

ADULT; AIR; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; DECOMPRESSION; DIVING; GAS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY ARTERY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ADULT; AIR; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; DECOMPRESSION; DIVING; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GASES; HUMANS; NITRITES; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PULMONARY ARTERY;

EID: 84861532436     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-011-2187-6     Document Type: Article

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