Sickle cell disorder and orofacial pain in Jamaican patients

British Dental Journal

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 90-92

  O'Rourke, C A ^a   Hawley, G M ^a  

^a Moss Side Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DENTAL CARE; FACE PAIN; HEADACHE; HUMAN; JAMAICA; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; TOOTH PAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DENTAL CARE FOR CHRONICALLY ILL; FACIAL PAIN; HEADACHE; HUMANS; JAMAICA; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TOOTHACHE;

EID: 0032566090     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4809735     Document Type: Article

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