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Document ID (ISN)35006
CIS number 81-331
ISSN - Serial title 0153-9531 - Journal de l'équipement électrique et électronique
Year 1980
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Folliot D.
Title Occupational safety and health aspects of the use of electricity - Awareness of hazards: physiopathology of electric shock
Original title Prévention et sécurité dans les utilisations de l'électricité - La connaissance des risques: physiothérapie des électrisations. [in French]
Bibliographic information Aug.-Sep. 1980, No.462, p.37-44. Illus.
Abstract Profusely illustrated article clearly describing the nature of electrical hazards. Contents: mechanism of electric shock (as distinct from electrocution); points in the human body particularly sensitive to the effects of electric current (skeletal muscle, diaphragm, foetus, heart); explanation of fibrillation; resuscitation of electric shock victims.
Descriptors (primary) electrical accidents; electricity
Descriptors (secondary) fibrillation; electric shock; expectant mothers; resuscitation
Document type D - Periodical articles
Subject(s) Electricity
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Electricity