Knowledge and attitudes of Arizona high-school coaches regarding: Oral-facial injuries and mouthguard use among athletes

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 129, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1425-1432

  Berg, Rob ^a   Berkey, Douglas B ^b   Tang, Julie M W ^c   Altman, Donald S ^c   Londeree, Kathy A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURY; MOUTH PROTECTOR; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPORT INJURY; TOOTH INJURY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ARIZONA; ATHLETIC INJURIES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURIES; MOUTH PROTECTORS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TOOTH INJURIES;

EID: 0032185926     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.1998.0077     Document Type: Article

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