A comparative study of mandibular fractures in the United States and Turkey

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 395-397

  Simsek, S ^a   Simsek, B ^b   Abubaker, A O ^c   Laskin, D M ^c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

comparative study; fracture aetiology; fracture location; mandibular fractures; maxillofacial fractures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBULAR CONDYLE; MANDIBULAR FRACTURES; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TURKEY; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 34247850913     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2006.11.010     Document Type: Article

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