Characterization of Craniomaxillofacial Battle Injuries Sustained by United States Service Members in the Current Conflicts of Iraq and Afghanistan

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-7

  Lew, Timothy A ^a   Walker, John A ^b   Wenke, Joseph C ^b   Blackbourne, Lorne H ^b   Hale, Robert G ^a  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVE;

AFGHANISTAN; AIR FORCE; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOMAXILLOFACIAL INJURY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; FACE FRACTURE; FACE INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; MAXILLA; MAXILLA FRACTURE; NAVY; NOSE FRACTURE; ORBIT FRACTURE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; SAILOR; SKULL; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; WAR; ZYGOMA ARCH FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FACIAL BONES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; SKULL FRACTURES; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71749111499     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2009.06.006     Document Type: Article

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