HOW LIGHTNING KILLS. (THE MECHANISM OF DEATH BY LIGHTNING) (MECANISME DE LA MORT PAR LA FOUDRE),

Abstract

The authors performed systematic examinations of 300 cases of trauma by electricity. Mortality was 30 percent. The age of fatal victims ranged between 1 and 83 years. The proportion of the male and female sex was 64:25; 66 of the victims were struck in the open air and 21 inside of a building.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 29, 1967
Accession Number
AD0822702

Entities

People

  • B. Orovecz
  • C. Iranyi
  • E. Somogyi
  • J. Iranyi

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheric Electricity
  • Biological Phenomena
  • Civilian Personnel
  • Contractors
  • Ecological And Environmental Phenomena
  • Ecological And Environmental Processes
  • Electric Discharges
  • Electricity
  • Lightning

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Gender and Food Studies
  • Trauma or Military Medicine