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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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Occupational and Environmental Medicine
سال: 1971
ISSN: 1351-0711
DOI: 10.1136/oem.28.4.323