Epidemiology of traumatic injuries to the permanent incisors of 9-12-year-old schoolchildren in Damascus, Syria

Dental Traumatology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 117-123

  Marcenes, W ^a,b,d   Al Beiruti, N ^c   Tayfour, D ^c   Issa, S ^c  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Regional WHO   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^d Dept of Epidemiol and Pub Health ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crown fractures; Dental injury; Dental trauma; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTITION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCISOR; INJURY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; TOOTH INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VIOLENCE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARE; DENTITION, PERMANENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INCISOR; MALE; PREVALENCE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SYRIA; TOOTH INJURIES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0347336318     PISSN: 16004469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-9657.1999.tb00767.x     Document Type: Article

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