Prevalence of potential risk factors in victims of electrocution

Forensic Science International

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 58-62

  Bailey, Benoit ^a   Forget, Sylviane ^b   Gaudreault, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Electrical injuries; Electrocution; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BURN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONER; ELECTROCUTION; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIMB; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; TETANY;

EID: 0035891529     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(01)00525-4     Document Type: Article

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