Orofacial injuries and mouth guard use in elite commando fighters

Military Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1185-1187

  Zadik, Yehuda ^a,b   Levin, Liran ^c,d  

^a MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PRONENESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISLOCATION; ETIOLOGY; EVALUATION; FACE INJURY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; MOUTH INJURY; MOUTH PROTECTOR; PREVALENCE; SOLDIER; SUBLUXATION; TOOTH FRACTURE; TOOTH INJURY; TRAINING;

EID: 57449083205     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.173.12.1185     Document Type: Article

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