Mobile phones - A potential fire hazard?

Burns

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 493-494

  Potokar, T ^a   MacKenzie Ross, A D ^a   Clewer, G ^a   Dickson, W A ^a  

^a MORRISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CASE REPORT; ERYTHEMA; EYEBROW; FLUSHING; GOOD GENERAL CONDITION; HAIR; HAND FUNCTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0042671094     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(03)00051-2     Document Type: Article

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