Aetiology and distribution of mandibular fractures in the national university hospital, Singapore

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 625-629

  Tan, W K S ^a,b,c   Lim, T C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Condylar; Industrial; Road traffic accidents; Symphyseal; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FACIAL BONE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACIAL BONES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBULAR FRACTURES; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0033183602     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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