Study of craniofacial trauma in a tertiary care hospital, western Nepal

Medico-Legal Update

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-24

  Agnihotri, A K ^a   Joshi, H S ^a   Tsmilshina, N ^a  

^a MANIPAL COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Craniofacial injury; Prevention; Traffic accident; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; HELMET; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MOTORCYCLE; NEPAL; PEDESTRIAN; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SEX RATIO; SKULL INJURY; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 18744376008     PISSN: 0971720X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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