Taser Usage and Neurological Sequelae

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 170-171

  Lim, Erle Chuen Hian ^a   Seet, Raymond Chee Seong ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; AGGRESSION; AGITATION; CONTUSION; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTRIC INJURY; EXCITABILITY; EYE INJURY; FATALITY; HEART ARREST; LACERATION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LETTER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARANOIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SEIZURE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TESTIS TORSION; THOMAS A SWIFT ELECTRIC RIFLE; VIGNETTE; WEAPON;

ELECTRIC INJURIES; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; WEAPONS;

EID: 67651177751     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.11.085     Document Type: Letter

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