The patterns of facial injury suffered by patients in road traffic accidents: A case controlled study

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 250-254

  Batstone, Martin Druce ^a   Monsour, Francis N T ^a   Pattel, Pamela ^a   Lynham, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Facial Injury; Head Injury; Orthopaedic; Road Traffic; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE; NEUROLOGY; ORTHOPEDICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FACIAL INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 34447636557     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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