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Wounds and Injuries > Electric Injuries

Preferred term

Electric Injuries  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Electric Injury
  • Injuries, Electric
  • Injury, Electric

Note

  • consider also BURNS, ELECTRIC; accidental shock by electricity is ELECTRIC INJURIES, not ELECTROSHOCK (for exper shock by electricity usually in psychol lit)

Scope note

  • Injuries caused by electric currents. The concept excludes electric burns (BURNS, ELECTRIC), but includes accidental electrocution and electric shock.

History note

  • 73; was ELECTRIC INJURY 1963-72

In other languages

  • sähkövammat

    Finnish

  • sähköisku
  • sähköiskut
  • sähkötapaturma
  • sähkötapaturmat
  • sähkövamma
  • Elolyckor

    Swedish

  • Elektrisk stöt
  • Elskador
  • Strömgenomgång

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004556

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