Altitude decompression sickness incidence among U-2 pilots: 1994-2010

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 968-974

  Hundemer, Gregory L ^a   Jersey, Sean L ^b   Stuart, Rory P ^c   Butler, William P ^d   Pilmanis, Andrew A ^e  

^a 9th Medical Group   (United States)

^b DAVID GRANT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Offutt AFB   (United States)

^d AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Altitude; DCS; Decompression sickness; Hypobaric; Incidence; Risk mitigation; U 2

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ALTITUDE; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN DISEASE; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ALTITUDE; ARTHRALGIA; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN DISEASES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867418108     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.3201.2012     Document Type: Article

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