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" Bove and Davis' diving medicine / "
[edited by] Alfred A. Bove.
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BL
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997364
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b751734
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| Title & Author
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Bove and Davis' diving medicine /\ [edited by] Alfred A. Bove.
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4th ed.
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Philadelphia :: W.B. Saunders,, ©2004.
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xx, 623 pages :: illustrations ;; 27 cm
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0721694241
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: 9780721694245
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Ch. 1. A short history of diving and diving medicine -- Ch. 2. Diving physics -- Ch. 3. Diving equipment -- Ch. 4. Inert gas exchange and bubbles -- Ch. 5. Breath-hold diving -- Ch. 6. Mixed-gas diving -- Ch. 7. Mechanisms and risks of decompression -- Ch. 8. Pathophysiology of decompression sickness -- Ch. 9. Pulmonary barotrauma -- Ch. 10. Treatment of decompression illness -- Ch. 11. Inert gas narcosis and high-pressure nervous syndrome -- Ch. 12. Toxicity of oxygen, carbon dioxide, and carbon monoxide -- Ch. 13. Hypothermia -- Ch. 14. Near drowning -- Ch. 15. Marine animal injuries -- Ch. 16. Marine poisoning and intoxication -- Ch. 17. Human performance underwater -- Ch. 18. Medical supervision of diving operations -- Ch. 19. Women in diving -- Ch. 20. Diving in the elderly and the young -- Ch. 21. Aseptic necrosis of bone -- Ch. 22. Ear and sinus problems in diving -- Ch. 23. Neurologic consequences of diving -- Ch. 24. Pulmonary disorders [and diving] -- Ch. 25. Cardiovascular disorders and diving -- Ch. 26. Diabetes and diving -- Ch. 27. Medical evaluation for sport diving -- Ch. 28. Medical evaluation of working divers -- Ch. 29. U.S. Navy diving equipment and techniques.
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| Abstract
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Covers basic diving physiology; the pathophysiology of decompression sickness; maritime toxicology; assessment of fitness for diving; special considerations for female, elderly, and pediatric divers; diving-related problems in people with pre-existing medical conditions such as pulmonary, cardiac, and neurologic disease, and much more, with new chapters on the kinetics of intert gas, marine poisoning and intoxication, and diabetes and diving.
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Diving.
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Submarine medicine.
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Médecine sous-marine.
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Plongeon.
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Diving.
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Submarine medicine.
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Diving
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Duiken.
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Gezondheid.
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Naval Medicine
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| Dewey Classification
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616.9/8022
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RC1005.D583 2004
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2003 N-585
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QT 260.5.D6B783 2004
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44.70bcl
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Bove, Alfred A.
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Davis, Jefferson C., (Jefferson Carroll),1932-
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| Parallel Title
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Diving medicine
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