Ear and Sinus Problems in Diving

Bove and Davis' Diving Medicine: Fourth Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 431-459

  Hunter, Shannon E ^a   Farmer, Joseph C ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-7216-9424-5.50028-9     Document Type: Chapter

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