Retrospective study of prevalence of face fractures in southern Brazil

• Main Authors: Jefferson Viapiana Paes (Author), Franciana Lima de Sá Paes (Author), Renato Valiati (Author), Marília G de Oliveira (Author), Rogério Miranda Pagnoncelli (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Context: Trauma has been an important public health problem worldwide. Facial injuries are among the most common types of trauma treated at emergency departments, associated or not with injuries in other anatomic sites. The patterns of facial fractures are usually affected by geography and socioecon...