Jaw fractures in the indigenous and non-indigenous populations of Western Australia: 1999-2003

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 658-662

  Kruger, E ^a   Smith, K ^a   Tennant, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

hospitalization; jaw fractures; oro facial trauma

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFANT; JAW FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; MAXILLA FRACTURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; JAW FRACTURES; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; URBAN POPULATION; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33744968671     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2006.01.019     Document Type: Article

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