Electrocution due to contact of industrial equipment with power lines

Burns

Volumn 23, Issue 7-8, 1997, Pages 573-575

  Still, Joseph ^a   Orlet, Hermann ^a   Edward, Law ^c   Wheeler, Mike ^a   Pickens, Homer ^b  

^a Burn Center   (United States)

^b Kilpatrick Stockton   (United States)

^c Physician's Multispeciality Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction; Electrocution; Equipment; Power lines

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRIC ACCIDENT; ELECTROCUTION; EQUIPMENT; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; POWER SUPPLY; RESUSCITATION; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; BURNS, ELECTRIC; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ELECTRIC WIRING; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031426682     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(97)00060-0     Document Type: Article

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