Analysis of 46 maxillofacial fracture victims in the 2008 Wenchuan, China earthquake

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

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 673-678

  Tang, Ya ling ^a   Zhu, Gui quan ^a   Zhou, Hao ^a   Zheng, Min ^a   Tang, Xiu fa ^b   Wang, Xiao yi ^b   Liang, Xin hua ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; JAW FRACTURE; MALE; MASS DISASTER; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NASAL BONE; PATIENT CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; STATISTICS; STRUCTURE COLLAPSE; ZYGOMA ARCH FRACTURE;

CHINA; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; HUMANS; JAW FRACTURES; MALE; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NASAL BONE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRUCTURE COLLAPSE; ZYGOMATIC FRACTURES;

EID: 72049129416     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2009.05.031     Document Type: Article

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