Water Hazards

Health occupations Sports medicine
Volume 171 - Issue 11

Scuba diving medical examinations in practice: a postal survey

Authors:  Graham Simpson and David Roomes

Med J Aust 1999; 171 (11): 595-598.
Published online: 6 December 1999
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Water Hazards

Scuba diving medical examinations in practice: a postal survey

Graham Simpson and David Roomes

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MJA 1999; 171: 595-598
For editorial comment, see Walker

Abstract - Introduction - Methods - Results - Discussion - References - Authors' details
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Authors

  • Graham Simpson
  • David Roomes

References

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