Changing trends in causes and patterns of facial fractures in children

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology and Endodontology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 318-324

  Thorén, Hanna ^a,b,c   Iso Kungas, Petri ^a,b   Iizuka, Tateyuki ^c   Lindqvist, Christian ^a,b   Törnwall, Jyrki ^a,b  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FACIAL BONE; FALLING; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INJURY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKULL FRACTURE; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VIOLENCE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BICYCLING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACIAL BONES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VIOLENCE;

EID: 59649085306     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2008.09.024     Document Type: Article

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