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RECORD NUMBER: 659 OF 1077

Main Title National Plan for the Safety and Health of Divers in Their Quest for Subsea Energy.
Author Shilling, Charles W. ; Beckett., Marthe W. ;
CORP Author Undersea Medical Society, Inc., Bethesda, Md.;Public Health Service, Rockville, Md.;Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C. Office of Energy, Minerals and Industry.
Year Published 1977
Report Number PHS-210-75-0078; EPA/600/7-77/028;
Stock Number PB-264 428
Additional Subjects Divers ; Stress(Physiology) ; Hyperbaric medicine ; Rare gases ; Industrial medicine ; Therapy ; Safety ; Recommendations ; Physiological effects ; Oxygen ; Auditory acuity ; Vestibular sense ; Decompression ; Psychological effects ; Human factors engineering ; Monitors ; Systems engineering ; Drugs ; Underwater environments ; Cognition ; Gases ; Toxicology ; Microbiology ; Heat stress ; Osteonecrosis ; Protocols ; Occupational safety and health ; High pressure nervous syndrome
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NTIS  PB-264 428 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 521p
Abstract The report contains recommendations for improving the health and safety of divers in fourteen biomedical topical chapters. They are: (1) exchange of inert gases, oxygen and carbon dioxide; (2) osteonecrosis; (3) compression and decompression protocols; (4) respiratory/pulmonary function in hyperbaric exposures; (5) audio/vestibular derangements; (6) high pressure nervous syndrome; (7) thermal problems; (8) use of drugs and other medical treatment under hyperbaric conditions; (9) physiological and toxic effects of respiratory and contaminant gases (acute and chronic); (10) cognitive and psychomotor performance; (11) oxygen; (12) assessment of gases suitable for diving; (13) microbiological aspects; and (14) subtle physiology changes.
NTIS Title Notes Final rept..
PUB Date Free Form Jan 77
Category Codes 6S; 6J; 13L; 57W; 57U; 94H
NTIS Prices PC A22/MF A01
Primary Description 600/17
Document Type NT
Cataloging Source NTIS/MT
Control Number 323713335
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