Decompression Sickness during Construction of the Dartford Tunnel
AUTOR(ES)
Golding, F. Campbell
RESUMO
A clinical, radiological and statistical survey has been made of decompression sickness during the construction of the Dartford Tunnel. Over a period of two years, 1,200 men were employed on eight-hour shifts at pressures up to 28 pounds per square inch (p.s.i.). There were 689 cases of decompression sickness out of 122,000 compressions, an incidence of 0·56%.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
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