Electric Shocks
First published: 27 December 1999
Abstract
The sections in this article are
- 1 Exposure to Electric Shock
- 2 Biological Effects of Electric Shock
- 3 The Biophysics of Electric Shock
- 4 Progress in Preventing Electric Shock
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