Cognitive impairments in recreational SCUBA divers with decompression illness
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Decompression sickness and recreational scuba divers.
OBJECTIVES The aim of this study is to clear the status of recreational scuba divers in Japan for promoting safety in recreational diving. METHODS A five year (from 1996 to 2001) questionnaire survey was performed of Japanese divers at the Osezaki area in Japan. The subjects of this survey included diving instructors as well as recreational divers. Based on the obtained data, the study invest...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0887-6177,1873-5843
DOI: 10.1093/arclin/14.8.775