Presentation and management of maxillofacial trauma in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 254-258

  Schaftenaar, E ^a   Bastiaens, G J H ^a   Simon, E N M ^b   Merkx, M A W ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURIES; MIDDLE AGED; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952313313     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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