Physical Mechanisms of Tissue Injury in Electrical Trauma

IEEE Transactions on Education

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 223-230

  Lee, Raphael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS - TISSUE; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS;

CELLULAR INJURY; ELECTRICAL TRAUMAS; ELECTROPORATION; THERMAL INJURY KINETICS; TISSUE INJURY; TRANSMEMBRANE POTENTIAL;

ELECTRIC ACCIDENTS;

EID: 0026204655     PISSN: 00189359     EISSN: 15579638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/13.85080     Document Type: Article

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