Lightning strikes at a mass gathering

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 708-710

  Milzman, David P ^a   Moskowitz, Larry ^a   Hardel, Mike ^a  

^a Providence Hospital Washington DC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISASTER; ELECTRIC BURN; ELECTRIC INJURY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGHTNING; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; BURNS; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DISASTER PLANNING; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FACIAL INJURIES; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HUMANS; LIGHTNING INJURIES; MASS BEHAVIOR; MUSIC; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK FACTORS; TELEPHONE; THORACIC INJURIES;

EID: 0032789023     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199907000-00010     Document Type: Article

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