Epidemiology of facial trauma of patients admitted to a public hospital emergency department;Perfil epidemiológico do trauma de face dos pacientes atendidos no pronto socorro de um hospital público

Revista do Colegio Brasileiro de Cirurgioes

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-13

  de Macedo, Jefferson Lessa Soares ^a,b,c,e   de Camargo, Larissa Macedo ^d,e   de Almeida, Pedro Fragoso ^b   Rosa, Simone Corrêa ^a,b  

^a Hospital Regional da Asa Norte

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c Hospital Regional da Asa Norte HRAN   (Brazil)

^d ESCS   (Brazil)

^e CNPq ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Face; Facial bones; Facial injuries; Maxillofacial injuries; Surgery; Violence; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649086671     PISSN: 01006991     EISSN: 18094546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0100-69912008000100004     Document Type: Article

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