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Stress Physiology and Behavior Underwater

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The Physician’s Guide to Diving Medicine

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In this chapter we consider an important biomedical area—that of stress underwater—beginning with a discussion of the general nature of stress; factors that contribute toward stress problems in diving; the effects of variables such as cold, exercise, and fatigue (particularly as they relate to cardiovascular problems and performance); diving accidents; and, as an ultimate potential event to which all these factors contribute, the problem of diver panic, which is implicated in many if not most of the fatalities among recreational divers.

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Bachrach, A.J. (1984). Stress Physiology and Behavior Underwater. In: Shilling, C.W., Carlston, C.B., Mathias, R.A. (eds) The Physician’s Guide to Diving Medicine. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2671-7_12

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