When thunder roars - Go indoors!

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 38-39

  Blumenthal, Ryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; ELECTRIC INJURY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIGHTNING; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AFRICA; WEATHER;

AUTOPSY; HUMANS; LIGHTNING INJURIES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 30944448681     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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