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Death from Compressed-Air Sickness in India
disease of a man working on the river Hooghly Tunnel being constructed by Messrs. John Cochrane & Sons, Ltd., of Westminster, London, is of special interest as it is probably the first report of & deatfy from this disease in India. C. S., a Punjabi Sikh, aged 20 years, was medically examined on the 25th August, 1930, in the morning and was found fit. for work in " compressed air." He reported h...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine
سال: 1931
ISSN: 0035-9157
DOI: 10.1177/003591573102400542