The prevalence of maxillofacial fractures due to domestic violence - a retrospective study in a hospital in Tehran, Iran

Dental Traumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 385-388

  Hashemi, Hamid Mahmood ^a   Beshkar, Majid ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKULL FRACTURE; STATISTICS; ZYGOMA ARCH FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MANDIBULAR FRACTURES; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURIES; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SKULL FRACTURES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT; ZYGOMATIC FRACTURES;

EID: 80052674283     PISSN: 16004469     EISSN: 16009657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-9657.2011.01016.x     Document Type: Article

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