Tachycardia following low-tension electrocution

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 885, 1999, Pages 439-440

  Orme, S ^a   Channer, K S ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrocution; Tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0032777230     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.75.885.439     Document Type: Article

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