A blinded trial to investigate whether 'pressure-familiar' individuals can determine chamber pressure

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 801-805

  Weaver, Lindell K ^a,b,c   Churchill, Susan K ^a,b   Bell, James ^a,b   Deru, Kayla ^a,b   Snow, Gregory L ^a  

^a LDS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b INTERMOUNTAIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AIR; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSATION;

ADULT; AIR; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATMOSPHERE EXPOSURE CHAMBERS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PERCEPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865278415     PISSN: 10662936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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