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ID (ISN) del documento31792
Número CIS 79-1232
Año 1979
Número de serie
Autor(es) Proteau J., Robert L., Cabanes J., Folliot D.
Título Accidents due to electricity
Título original Accidents dus à l'électricité. [en francés]
Información bibliográfica Encyclopédie médico-chirurgicale. Maladies causées par les agents physiques, Fascicule 16515 A10, 2-1979, 18 rue Séguier, 75006 Paris, France, 16p. Illus. 74 ref.
Resumen This medical encyclopaedia article gives a roundup of knowledge concerning these accidents, considered in 2 separate groups: occupational accidents involving the 3 voltage categories, and home accidents usually involving low voltage current only. Contents: statistical and aetiological data; physio-pathology (severity factors, processes leading to fatal outcome, different thresholds, burns, etc.); clinical study (low-voltage electric shock, burns, cardiovascular and neurological manifestations, kidney damage, sequelae, disability, diagnosis, treatment). A large part of the article is devoted to the prevention of accidents due to natural electrical phenomena and to electricity in industry and in the home, and the safety principles applicable to different types of contact and different parameters connected with electrical hazards. The text is illustrated by numerous diagrams.
Descriptores (primarios) accidentes eléctricos; electricidad
Descriptores (secundarios) Francia; etiología; secuelas; diagnostico; seguridad eléctrica; choque eléctrico; efectos biológicos; corrientes umbrales; tratamiento médico; aspectos estadísticos; enciclopedia; quemaduras eléctricas
Tipo de documento E - Libros, informes, actas
Tema(s) Electricidad
Broad subject area(s)
Navegación por categoria(s) Electricidad