Dentures may be radiolucent

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 562-563

  Firth, A L ^a   Moor, J ^a   Goodyear, P W A ^a   Strachan, D R ^a  

^a BRADFORD ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; DENTURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPHONIA; EMERGENCY WARD; ESOPHAGUS FOREIGN BODY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PALPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SOFT TISSUE RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0344121890     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.20.6.562     Document Type: Article

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