Epidemiology of extraarticular tibia fractures, Shahid Mohammadi Hospital-Bandar Abbass-Iran 2002, 2003

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 3823-3826

  Saied, A R ^a   Mobarake, M Karimi ^a  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Fracture; Motorcycle; Tibia

Indexed keywords

COMMINUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FRACTURE; HOSPITALS; MOTORCYCLES;

AGE GROUPS; CLOSED FRACTURE; LONG BONE FRACTURES; MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; TIBIA;

BONE;

EID: 37349090039     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2007.3823.3826     Document Type: Article

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