The epidemiology of mandibular fractures treated at Chiang Mai University Hospital: A review of 198 cases

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 868-874

  Sirimaharaj, Wimon ^a   Pyungtanasup, Kasemsak ^b  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

^b Surin Hospital   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Mandibular fractures; Mandibular fractures epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; DATA ANALYSIS; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; MEDICAL ASSISTANT; OPEN REDUCTION; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; THAILAND; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR INJURIES; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; THAILAND; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 47149107483     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: 01252208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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