Diffuse electrical injury: A study of 89 subjects reporting long-term symptomatology that is remote to the theoretical current pathway

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1449-1459

  Morse, Michael S ^a   Berg, Jennifer S ^b   TenWolde, Rachel L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c Unisys   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffuse electrical injury; Disproportionate electrical injury; Electric shock; Electrical injury; Low voltage electrical injury

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; TISSUE;

ELECTRICAL CONTACTS; TISSUE DAMAGE;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL DAMAGE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC INJURY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTROPORATION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEATING; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PAIN; SYMPTOM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TISSUE INJURY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ACCIDENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTRIC INJURIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 3242664446     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2004.827343     Document Type: Article

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