An assessment of orofacial clefts in Tanzania

BMC Oral Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Manyama, Mange ^a,b   Rolian, Campbell ^b   Gilyoma, Japhet ^c   Magori, Cassian C ^a   Mjema, Kilalo ^a   Mazyala, Erick ^a   Kimwaga, Emmanuel ^a   Hallgrimsson, Benedikt ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c Bugando Medical Centre   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CLUBFOOT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; JAW; MALE; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; TANZANIA;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ALVEOLAR PROCESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CLUBFOOT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; TANZANIA;

EID: 79251603204     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6831-11-5     Document Type: Article

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