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Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: Past, Present and Future Indications

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Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 317))

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Hyperbaric medicine is concerned with the medical and physiological problems and therapeutic applications of barometric pressure higher than at sea level.

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Bakker, D.J. (1992). Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: Past, Present and Future Indications. In: Erdmann, W., Bruley, D.F. (eds) Oxygen Transport to Tissue XIV. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 317. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3428-0_8

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