Incidence and immediate consequences of electrical shocks among Danish electricians: a cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The health-related consequences of electrical shocks are mostly studied in patients from selected cohorts in hospital burn units, by making internal comparisons of subgroups, but without comparing them to unexposed individuals, or considering information regarding the preinjury health of the injured persons. Often, little is known about the details of the electrical shocks. Our purpose was to do a longitudinal study of Danish electrical workers, to monitor exposure to electrical shocks weekly over a 6-month period and to determine whether these shocks have short-term, health-related consequences.

Design

Prospective cohort study with weekly measurements.

Setting

Members of the Danish Union of Electricians.

Participants

Of the 22 284 invited, 6960 elec

SUBMITTER: Biering K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8404446 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature