Review ArticleClinical Review
Diving Medicine: A Review of Current Evidence
James H. Lynch and Alfred A. Bove
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine July 2009, 22 (4) 399-407; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2009.04.080099
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In this issue
Diving Medicine: A Review of Current Evidence
James H. Lynch, Alfred A. Bove
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine Jul 2009, 22 (4) 399-407; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2009.04.080099
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- Article
- Abstract
- Pressure Environment
- Ear and Sinus Barotrauma
- Pulmonary Barotrauma
- Decompression Sickness
- Decompression Illness
- Flying After Diving
- Common Medical Disorders and Diving
- Coronary Disease
- Patent Foramen Ovale
- Asthma
- Diabetes
- Spontaneous Pneumothorax
- The Elderly and Diving
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- References
- Figures & Data
- References
- Info & Metrics
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