Use of mouthguards and headgear in organized sports by school-aged children

Public Health Reports

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 82-86

  Nowjack Raymer, Ruth E ^a,b   Gift, Helen C ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE INJURY; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ETHNOLOGY; EYE INJURY; FACE FRACTURE; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; MOUTH; MOUTH PROTECTORS; PARENTS; TOOTH INJURIES;

EID: 0030042910     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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