Open AccessThe influence of increased barometric pressure on man. No. 4.—The relation of age and body weight to decompression effects
Author(s) -
Leonard Hill,
Major Greenwood
Publication year - 1908
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society of london. series b, containing papers of a biological character
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9185
pISSN - 0950-1193
DOI - 10.1098/rspb.1908.0003
Subject(s) - decompression sickness , decompression , demography , body weight , atmospheric pressure , statistics , medicine , mathematics , surgery , meteorology , geography , sociology
Statistics of caissons and diving works tend to suggest that the percentage number of men affected injuriously by exposure to compressed air increases with age. Pol and Watelle (1) record that men between 18 and 28 stood the work best, and that of the 25 men dismissed for illness from the works under their inspection, 19 were over 40 years old, 5 over 30, and 1 over 28 years.