Seating position, seat belt wearing, and the consequences in facial fractures in car occupants

Clinics

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 289-294

  Fonseca, Alexandre Siqueira Franco ^a   Goldenberg, Dov ^a   Alonso, Nivaldo ^a   Bastos, Endrigo ^a   Stocchero, Guilherme ^a   Ferreira, Marcus Castro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Car accidents; Epidemiology; Facial fractures; Seat belt; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347260702     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1807-59322007000300013     Document Type: Article

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