Prospective audit of mandibular fractures at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital

South African Journal of Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 122-126

  Pesai, J ^a   Lownie, J F ^a   Cleaton Jones, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBULAR FRACTURES; MEDICAL AUDIT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 78751667984     PISSN: 00382361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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