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Lightning Injuries

Known as: Effects of lightning, Lightning Injury, Injury, Lightning 
Accidental injuries caused by brief high-voltage electrical discharges during thunderstorms. Cardiopulmonary arrest, coma and other neurologic… 
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Lightning Stroke

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2012
2012
Long recovery VLF perturbations associated with lightning discharges
[1] Long D-region ionospheric recovery perturbations are a recently discovered and poorly understood subcategory of early VLF… 
2012
2012
3-D FDTD Computation of Lightning-Induced Voltages on an Overhead Two-Wire Distribution Line
Lightning-induced voltages on a 738-m long overhead two-wire line have been computed using the 3-D finite-difference time-domain… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Insights into the ground attachment process of natural lightning gained from an unusual triggered-lightning stroke
[1] We present measured electric and magnetic field and current derivatives from an unusual triggered-lightning stroke that was… 
2003
2003
Finite-element time-domain algorithms for modeling linear Debye and Lorentz dielectric dispersions at low frequencies
We present what we believe to be the first algorithms that use a simple scalar-potential formulation to model linear Debye and… 
1992
1992
Lightning Injuries: Electrical, Medical, and Legal Aspects
There are few natural phenomena as frightening and, at the same time, as fascinating as lightning. Perhaps tornados and grizzly… 
1990
1990
Upper limit set for level of lightning activity on Titan
LIGHTNING is known to occur in the atmospheres of Earth and Jupiter1, and there is strong evidence of lightning on Saturn2 and… 
1987
1987
Optical efficiencies of lightning in planetary atmospheres
Spacecraft observations show that the presence of lightning activity is not confined to the terrestrial atmosphere, but is also… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Lightning-strike disaster among children.
A lightning strike involving 47 children is described. Four cases demonstrate the most common and serious resulting pathology… 
1974
1974
Myoglobinuria following lightning stroke.
  • J. W. YostF. Holmes
  • Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA…
  • 1974
  • Corpus ID: 5285581
PHYSICIANS should be alerted to two facets of lightning injury: first, that it may be accompanied by myoglobinuria that has… 
Review
1973
Review
1973
Lightning Injury: Two Case Histories and a Review of Management
Two cases of fatal lightning injury are described. Fixed dilated pupils should not be taken as an indicator of death after a… 
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