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Human Thresholds of Electric Shock at Power Transmission Frequencies

LCDR John C. Keesey MC, USNR Bethesda, Md; the Biophysics Division, Naval Medical Research Institute, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md; Dr. Keesey is now at the Neuropsychiatric Institute, University of California, Los Angeles
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LT Frank S. Letcher MC, USNR Bethesda, Md; Dr. Letcher is at Barnes Hospital, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis
Pages 547-552 | Received 13 Oct 1969, Accepted 13 Apr 1970, Published online: 01 May 2013

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