Electronic vapor cigarette battery explosion causing Shotgun-like superficial wounds and contusion

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 177-180

  Shastry, Siri ^a   Langdorf, Mark I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOL; LITHIUM ION; TETRA HYDRA CANNABINOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERY EXPLOSION; BURN; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTUSION; ECCHYMOSIS; ELECTRIC BATTERY; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; ELECTRONIC VAPOR CIGARETTE; EXPLOSION; FOREIGN BODY; HEAD INJURY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LITHIUM ION BATTERY; MALE; NECK INJURY; SCAR FORMATION; SHOTGUN LIKE SUPERFICIAL WOUND; SHOULDER; SKIN INJURY; SKIN PAIN; SKINFOLD; SMOKING; SOOT; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; THORAX; WOUND; WOUND CARE; WOUND HEALING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLAST INJURIES; CONTUSIONS; POWER SUPPLY;

ADULT; BLAST INJURIES; CONTUSIONS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; EXPLOSIONS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84962506146     PISSN: 1936900X     EISSN: 19369018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2016.1.29410     Document Type: Article

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