Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Diving

An activity in which the organism plunges into water. It includes scuba and bell diving. Diving as natural behavior of animals goes here, as well as diving in decompression experiments with humans or animals.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

An activity in which the organism plunges into water. It includes scuba and bell diving. Diving as natural behavior of animals goes here, as well as diving in decompression experiments with humans or animals.

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1 entry terms
  • Divings

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Aspects Covered

13 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, classification, economics, education, ethics, history, injuries, legislation & jurisprudence, physiology, psychology, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

human & animal; /adv eff permitted for hazards of diving as a Cat G3 concept, /inj permitted for diving as a sport in Cat I: coord IM with specific inj (IM); /physiol permitted; includes scuba & bell diving

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History Note

was in Cat G only 1975-80; was in Cat E only 1968-74; was in Cat E & J 1963-67

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Tree Numbers

  1. I03.450.642w.845w.945w.500w.110w
  2. N06.230w.150.150w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Diving. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004242. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004242
  2. Diving. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underwater_diving
  3. Diving. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q179643