@article{ref1,
title="Facial fractures: A review of 922 cases with special reference to incidence and aetiology",
journal="Clinical otolaryngology and allied sciences",
year="1982",
author="Starkhammar, Hans and Olofsson, Jan",
volume="7",
number="6",
pages="405-409",
abstract="During a 10 year period (1969-1978) 922 patients with facial fractures were hospitalized at the Department of Otolaryngology, Jönköping Central County Hospital, Sweden. Eighty percent were men. The peak incidence occurred at the age of 21-30 years. The yearly number of facial fractures was doubled between 1969 and 1974, after which no marked increase was noted. The aetiologies of the fractures were fights (28%), traffic accidents (23.5%), sport activities (17.4%). There was a comparatively low number of work related facial fractures in this study (8.1%). Front seat passengers, car drivers and cyclists represented a great portion of the traffic injury group. The number of fractures caused by traffic accidents decreased after 1974, a fact that may be due to the safety-belt law.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0307-7772",
doi="10.1111/j.1365-2273.1982.tb01404.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2273.1982.tb01404.x"
}