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DIVING MEDICINE:

Understanding and Managing Decompression Sickness

By

R. Duncan Kirkby, Ph.D.

Scientific Director and Chair
Antilles Institute of Hyperbaric and Undersea Medicine
Sint Eustatius, Netherlands-Antilles

Text by R. Duncan Kirkby, Ph.D. © 2000. The text is intended for use by students of Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine at the University of Sint Eustatius School of Medicine and by all others who may benefit academically, professionally, or personally from this free resource. Nonetheless, the author claims copyright and thus prohibits modification, duplication, and distribution for profit.

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).

The views expressed in the text are those of the author and thus do not necessarily reflect the views of others.

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