Secondary missile injury from lightning strike

dc.contributor.authorBlumenthal, Ryan
dc.contributor.emailryan.blumenthal@up.ac.zaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-05-29T15:05:19Z
dc.date.available2013-03-31T00:20:03Z
dc.date.issued2012-03
dc.description.abstractA 48 year-old-female was struck dead by lightning on the 24th October 2010 in Pretoria South Africa. The cause of death was due to direct lightning strike. Examination showed secondary missile injury on her legs. This secondary missile (shrapnel) injury was caused by the lightning striking the concrete pavement next to her. Small pieces of concrete were located embedded within the shrapnel wounds. This case report represents the first documented case of secondary missile formation (shrapnel injury) due to lightning strike in the literature.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://journals.lww.com/amjforensicmedicine/pages/default.aspxen_US
dc.identifier.citationBlumenthal, R 2012, 'Secondary missile injury from lightning strike', American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 83-85.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0195-7910 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1533-404X (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1097/PAF.0b013e31823a8c96
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/18997
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherLippincott Williams & Wilkinsen_US
dc.rightsCopyright © 2012 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This is a non-final version of an article published in final form in American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, vol. 33, no. 1 pp.83-85 2012.en_US
dc.subjectLightningen_US
dc.subjectSecondary missile formationen_US
dc.subjectShrapnelen_US
dc.subjectKeraunopathologyen_US
dc.subjectKeraunomedicineen_US
dc.titleSecondary missile injury from lightning strikeen_US
dc.typePostprint Articleen_US

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