Electrocution-related mortality: A review of 123 deaths in Diyarbakir, Turkey between 1996 and 2002

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 141-145

  Tirasci, Yasar ^a   Goren, Suleyman ^a   Subasi, Mehmet ^a   Gurkan, Fuat ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Accident; Electrical fatalities; Electrocution; Forensic medicine; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ELECTRIC ACCIDENT; ELECTRIC BURN; ELECTROCUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PLAY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRIC INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; TURKEY;

EID: 31744444201     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.208.141     Document Type: Review

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