Electronic cigarette explosion injuries

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 2252.e1-2252.e3

  Kumetz, Erik A ^a   Hurst, Nicole D ^a   Cudnik, Raymond J ^a   Rudinsky, Sherri L ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ADULT; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; BURN; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MALE; MAXILLA FRACTURE; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; ORAL SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SMOKING; THERMAL INJURY; WOUND CLOSURE; YOUNG ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLAST INJURIES; BURNS; HAND INJURIES; INJURIES; MAXILLA; MOUTH; PATHOLOGY; THIGH;

ADULT; BLAST INJURIES; BURNS; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; MAXILLA; MOUTH; THIGH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964267427     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2016.04.010     Document Type: Article

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