Injuries to the head and neck in Homer's Iliad

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 112-115

  Sapounakis, C ^a   Rallis, G ^b   Mourouzis, C ^c   Konsolaki, E ^d   Tesseromatis, C ^e  

^a General Hospital of Piraeus Tzannio   (Greece)

^b KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Face; Homeric epics; Trauma; Wounds

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLAVICLE; DECAPITATION; FRONTAL BONE; HEAD AND NECK INJURY; LITERATURE; NECK INJURY; ORBIT INJURY; SKULL INJURY; TEMPORAL BONE; WAR;

CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; GREECE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MEDICINE IN LITERATURE; NECK INJURIES; POETRY; TURKEY; WAR;

EID: 33846389405     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2006.04.003     Document Type: Article

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