TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Projectile wound to head from modified electronic cigarette explosion
JO  - Journal of forensic sciences
A1  - Beining, Tyler
A1  - Thogmartin, Jon R.
A1  - Kurz, Wayne
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-1198
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.14315
ID  - ref1
ER  -