Oro-dental injuries and their management among children and adolescents in Tanzania

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 160-162

  Kahabuka, F K ^a   Willemsen, W ^b   Van 'T Hof, M ^c   Ntabaye, M K ^d   Plasschaert, A ^b   Frankenmolen, F ^b   Burgersdijk, R ^b  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d Central Oral Health Unit   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; STANDARDIZATION; SUTURE; TANZANIA; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL RECORDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOUTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TANZANIA; TOOTH INJURIES;

TANZANIA;

EID: 0032590124     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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