Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 26-32 , January 2010

Pattern of craniofacial injuries in patients admitted to Tanta University Hospital – Egypt

  • Neven Ahmed Hassan (Assistant professor)

      Affiliations

    • Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Egypt
    • Put the idea of the research, sharing in collecting data, writing the paper.
    • ,
  • Rabab Sayed El Kelany (Assistant professor)

      Affiliations

    • Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Egypt
    • Sharing in collecting data and writing the paper.
    • ,
  • Ashraf Mahmoud Emara, MD (Professor and Head of Tanta poison center)

      Affiliations

    • Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Egypt
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +20 403304254.
    • Sharing in collecting data, writing the paper, and revision.
    • ,
  • Mohamed Amer (Assistant professor)

      Affiliations

    • Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Egypt
    • Sharing in collecting data.

Received 13 July 2008 ,Revised 8 April 2009 ,Accepted 1 July 2009.

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PII: S1752-928X(09)00116-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2009.07.008

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 26-32 , January 2010

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