A study of decompression sickness after commercial air diving in the Northern Arabian Gulf: 1993-95

Authors
Luby, J
Citation
J. Luby, A study of decompression sickness after commercial air diving in the Northern Arabian Gulf: 1993-95, OCCUP MED-O, 49(5), 1999, pp. 279-283
Citations number
2
Categorie Soggetti
Envirnomentale Medicine & Public Health
Journal title
OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE-OXFORD
ISSN journal
09627480 → ACNP
Volume
49
Issue
5
Year of publication
1999
Pages
279 - 283
Database
ISI
SICI code
0962-7480(199907)49:5<279:ASODSA>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Over 50,000 commercial air dives carried out in the Northern Arabian Gulf o ver a three-year period were analyzed to identify risk factors for decompre ssion sickness. Dive depth and bottom time were found to be the only signif icant factors and occurrence rates were comparable to those found in the 19 80s in the North Sea.