A prospective multicenter study of injury profile, severity and risk factors in 221 motorcycle-injured nigerian maxillofacial patients

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 70-75

  Oginni, F O ^a   Ajike, S O ^b   Obuekwe, O N ^c   Fasola, O ^d  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Injury profile; Injury severity; Maxillofacial injury; Motorcycle; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTORCYCLE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NIGERIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURIES; MIDDLE AGED; MOTORCYCLES; NIGERIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 61449147208     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580802496968     Document Type: Article

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