Fractures of the mandible in children

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 616-618

  Fasola, A O ^a   Obiechina, A E ^a   Arotiba, J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MANDIBULAR FRACTURES; NIGERIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035527419     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v78i11.8954     Document Type: Article

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