Conducted Electrical Weapon Injuries Must Be More Broadly Considered

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 310-311

  Strote, Jared ^a   Hutson, H Range ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; ELECTRIC INJURY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; WEAPON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC INJURIES; ELECTROSHOCK; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67650376607     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.02.018     Document Type: Letter

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