منابع مشابه
Decompression sickness in caisson workers.
El Ghawabi, S. H., Mansour, M. B., Youssef, F. L., El Ghawabi, M. H., and Abd El Latif, M. M. (1971). Brit. J. industr. Med., 28, 323-329. Decompression sickness in caisson workers. An investigation of 55 bridge construction workers is reported. The overall bends rate was 097 %. (The term 'bends' as used in this study is defined in the paper.) Chokes were encountered in 67-27% of workers. A cli...
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Most of the studies of decompression sickness in industry have been made during the construction of tunnels. The sinking of a caisson, however, is a much briefer undertaking involving certain special features not encountered in tunnel work. Work of this type has received relatively little attention in recent years, although caisson sinking is performed all over the world. This paper describes a...
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متن کاملTwo Cases of Caisson Sickness Presenting 'Aphasia' as One of the Chief Symptoms
Civil Surgeon, Broach The following is a record of two cases ui caisson sickness presenting aphasia as one of the chief symptoms. This is rare among the manifestations of the sickness. Usually the symptoms of caisson sickness appear immediately or within a short time after the patient comes out of the air-lock or diving suit, but in this instance they have appeared slowly and after a long inter...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Scientific American
سال: 1911
ISSN: 0036-8733
DOI: 10.1038/scientificamerican10281911-282supp