@article{ref1,
title="Projectile wound to head from modified electronic cigarette explosion",
journal="Journal of forensic sciences",
year="2020",
author="Beining, Tyler and Thogmartin, Jon R. and Kurz, Wayne",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="One of the dangers of a rapidly growing technology industry is the risk involved in being intimately close to lithium-ion batteries. When exposed to improper conditions, lithium-ion batteries in a variety of devices have been reported to ignite and, in some cases, explode. With the rise of electronic cigarette use and modifications, the lithium-ion batteries in these devices are subject to a higher risk of malfunction. This is a retrograde analysis of a 38-year-old man who experienced fatal penetrating head trauma while using a modified electronic cigarette device. The findings suggest that the trauma from the explosion was caused by the thermal runaway of the lithium-ion battery in the modified e-cigarette.<br><br>© 2020 American Academy of Forensic Sciences.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-1198",
doi="10.1111/1556-4029.14315",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.14315"
}