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CHAPTER 1: INDEX

DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS: CAUSE AND PREVENTION OF A CURIOSITY-DEPENDENT ILLNESS

The Cause of Decompression Sickness  
   
   
The Prevention of Decompression Sickness  
  Decompression Schedules for Shallow and Moderately Deep Dives
  Deep diving and the custom blending of gases
  Pushing the Temporal Barriers of Shallower Dives
  Saturation Diving
   
   
Conclusions  

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For additional information pertaining to decompression sickness and hyperbaric oxygen therapy, the author directs readers to the websites of Divers' Alert Network (http://www.diversalertnetwork.org) and the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (http://www.uhms.org).