Lightning injury: A review

Burns

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 585-594

  Ritenour, Amber E ^a,b   Morton, Melinda J ^a   McManus, John G ^a   Barillo, David J ^a   Cancio, Leopoldo C ^a  

^a US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Burns; Lightning

Indexed keywords

BRAIN HEMATOMA; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; EARDRUM PERFORATION; ELECTRIC INJURY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUSCLE INJURY; NEUROTOXICITY; PHYSICS; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SKIN DEFECT; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

BURNS, ELECTRIC; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EAR; EYE INJURIES; HUMANS; LIGHTNING; LIGHTNING INJURIES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SKIN;

EID: 44649083040     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2007.11.006     Document Type: Review

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