TY - JOUR
T1 - Epidemiologic survey of accidental dentofacial injuries among U.S. Army personnel
AU - Katz, R. V.
AU - Barnes, G. P.
AU - Larson, H. R.
AU - Lyon, T. C.
AU - Brunner, D. G.
N1 - Funding Information:
The support of the NASA Exobiology Program for this research through NASA/Ames Research Center grant NAG 2-1396 is gratefully acknowledged. The author thanks E. L. O. Bakes (NASA/Ames) for helpful conversations and M. P. Bernstein (NASA/Ames) for both helpful conversations and prepublication access to results from his amino acid experiments. Finally, the author thanks A. Derecskei (Millennium Chemicals) and K. A. Peterson (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) for their willingness to listen to and evaluate ideas that were developed for this work.
PY - 1979
Y1 - 1979
N2 - This epidemiologic study of accidental dentofacial injuries to U.S. Army personnel was conducted to determine the frequency and distribution patterns of accidental dentofacial injuries to soldiers. Administratively, it was anticipated that this data would permit identification of high-risk groups and would suggest feasible preventive measures. This 9-month study was conducted on 16 Army posts with a combined population at risk of 210500 soldiers; a standardized data collection form was completed by the dental corps officer treating the injury case and then was mailed to a central collection site for analysis. The data from this dentofacial injury study clearly reveal that differential risks exist for various military subpopulations. While the overall U.S. Army accidental dentofacial injury rate was 37.7 cases/10000/year, this rate varied greatly for specific subgroups with high-risk factors including young males, lower enlisted ranks, recent recruits, and combat training posts. The primary specific causes of these injuries were fistfights (nearly 30%), sports (over 20%), and vehicles (about 15%).
AB - This epidemiologic study of accidental dentofacial injuries to U.S. Army personnel was conducted to determine the frequency and distribution patterns of accidental dentofacial injuries to soldiers. Administratively, it was anticipated that this data would permit identification of high-risk groups and would suggest feasible preventive measures. This 9-month study was conducted on 16 Army posts with a combined population at risk of 210500 soldiers; a standardized data collection form was completed by the dental corps officer treating the injury case and then was mailed to a central collection site for analysis. The data from this dentofacial injury study clearly reveal that differential risks exist for various military subpopulations. While the overall U.S. Army accidental dentofacial injury rate was 37.7 cases/10000/year, this rate varied greatly for specific subgroups with high-risk factors including young males, lower enlisted ranks, recent recruits, and combat training posts. The primary specific causes of these injuries were fistfights (nearly 30%), sports (over 20%), and vehicles (about 15%).
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1979.tb01182.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1979.tb01182.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 32990
AN - SCOPUS:0018417683
VL - 7
SP - 30
EP - 36
JO - Theoretical Computer Science
JF - Theoretical Computer Science
SN - 0304-3975
IS - 1
ER -