Seating position, seat belt wearing, and the consequences in facial fractures in car occupants Posição no veículo, uso de cinto de segurança e suas conseqüências nas fraturas de face em ocupantes de carros

Seating position, seat belt wearing, and the consequences in facial fractures in car occupants Posição no veículo, uso de cinto de segurança e suas conseqüências nas fraturas de face em ocupantes de carros

INTRODUCTION: Trauma caused by traffic accidents is among the main etiologies involved in the occurrence of facial fractures throughout the world. However, the trauma mechanisms involved are different according to the location where the study was performed, due to different conditions of development...

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Main Authors: Alexandre Siqueira Franco Fonseca, Dov Goldenberg, Nivaldo Alonso, Endrigo Bastos, Guilherme Stocchero, Marcus Castro Ferreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina / USP 2007-01-01
Series:Clinics
Subjects:
Fraturas faciais
Acidentes automobilísticos
Epidemiologia
Trauma
Cinto de segurança
Facial fractures
Car accidents
Epidemiology
Seat belt
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