Injury by electrical forces: Pathophysiology, manifestations, and therapy

Current Problems in Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 684-764

  Lee Raphael, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC BURN; ELECTRIC INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; RADIATION INJURY; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKIN;

BURNS, ELECTRIC; ELECTRIC INJURIES; HUMANS; LIGHTNING INJURIES; MICROWAVES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RADIATION INJURIES; SKIN;

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