Epidemiology of facial trauma;Epidemiologia do trauma facial

Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 290-295

  Wulkan, Marcelo ^a,b   Parreira Jr , José Gustavo ^a   Botter, Denise Aparecida ^a  

^a Pronto Socorro Central da Irmandade   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Contusion; Epidemiology; Facial trauma; Fracture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACIAL INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 33646018033     PISSN: 01044230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0104-42302005000500022     Document Type: Article

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