A critical review of physiological bubble formation in hyperbaric decompression

Advances in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 191-192, Issue , 2013, Pages 22-30

  Papadopoulou, Virginie ^a,d   Eckersley, Robert J ^b   Balestra, Costantino ^d,e   Karapantsios, Thodoris D ^c   Tang, Meng Xing ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^d Haute Ecole Bruxelles Brabant   (Belgium)

^e DAN Europe Research Division   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bubble; Decompression sickness decompression; Diving; Micronuclei; Scuba

Indexed keywords

AVIATION MEDICINE; NUCLEATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PHYSIOLOGY;

BUBBLE; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; MICRONUCLEI; SCUBA;

BUBBLE FORMATION;

EID: 84876281139     PISSN: 00018686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2013.02.002     Document Type: Review

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