Cellular phone collateral damage: A review of burns associated with lithium battery powered mobile devices

Burns

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2016, Pages e61-e64

  Mankowski, Peter J ^a   Kanevsky, Jonathan ^a   Bakirtzian, Parseh ^a   Cugno, Sabrina ^a  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cellphone; Cellular phone; Lithium battery; Partial thickness burn; Thermal runaway

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BURN; BURN EXCISION; CASE REPORT; CONDUCTOR; DESTRUCTION; DEVICE SAFETY; GENERAL MEDICAL DEVICE; HEATING; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LITHIUM BATTERY; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; THERMAL INJURY; WOUND CLOSURE; BURNS, CHEMICAL; BURNS, ELECTRIC; POWER SUPPLY;

LITHIUM DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; BURNS, CHEMICAL; BURNS, ELECTRIC; CELL PHONES; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; HUMANS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MALE;

EID: 84960194526     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2015.10.012     Document Type: Article

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