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Struck-by-lightning deaths in the United States.

Publication: Journal of Environmental Health
Publication Date: 01-MAY-05
Format: Online - approximately 243 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Struck-by-lightning deaths in the United States.(Practical Stuff!)(Brief Article)

Article Excerpt
In the United States, approximately 82 people die each year from lightning strikes.

That number is greater than the number of deaths caused by other, more familiar, disasters such as earthquakes, tornadoes, and blizzards.

Sequelae of lightning injuries include

--neurologic and neuropsychologic disorders,

--seizures,

--brain injury,

--spinal artery syndrome,...

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