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Significance of Gas Micronuclei in the Aetiology of Decompression Sickness

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Transparent shrimps have been used to study bubble formation under decompression.

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EVANS, A., WALDER, D. Significance of Gas Micronuclei in the Aetiology of Decompression Sickness. Nature 222, 251–252 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/222251a0

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