Advances in the Evaluation and Treatment of Electrical and Thermal Injury Emergencies

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 1147-1152

  Capelli Schellpfeffer, Mary ^a   Lee, Raphael C ^a   Astumian, R Dean ^a   Toner, Mehmet ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PATIENT TREATMENT; PERSONNEL; TISSUE;

BURN MODELS; ELECTRICAL ARC BLAST BURNS; ELECTRICAL HAZARDS; ELECTRICAL INJURIES; ELECTRICAL TRAUMA; THERMAL INJURIES; TISSUE DAMAGE;

MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

EID: 0029373878     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: 19399367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/28.464531     Document Type: Article

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