Basketball players' experience of dental injury and awareness about mouthguard in China

Dental Traumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 430-434

  Ma, Wenli ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BASKETBALL; CHINA; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MALE; MOUTH PROTECTOR; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPORT INJURY; TOOTH INJURY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BASKETBALL; CHINA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MOUTH PROTECTORS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPORTS EQUIPMENT; TOOTH INJURIES;

EID: 47649126307     PISSN: 16004469     EISSN: 16009657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-9657.2008.00586.x     Document Type: Article

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