Sports-related oral injury and mouthguard use among Sheffield school children

Community Dental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-30

  Rodd, Helen D ^a   Chesham, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dental injury; Mouthguards; Prevention; Sports injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH PROTECTOR; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL CLASS; SPORT INJURY; TOOTH INJURY; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENGLAND; FACIAL INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOUTH PROTECTORS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTH INJURIES;

EID: 0031087947     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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