Determinants of surgical decisions about mandible fractures

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 808-813

  Shetty, Vivek ^a   Atchison, Kathryn ^b   Der Martirosian, Claudia ^b   Wang, Jianming ^b   Belin, Thomas R ^b  

^a UCLA SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; JAW RADIOGRAPHY; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0038240385     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-2391(03)00156-3     Document Type: Article

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