Acute neck sprain: 'Whiplash' reappraised

Injury

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 463-466

  Hammacher, E R ^a   Van Der Werken, Chr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEADACHE; HUMAN; NECK INJURY; NECK PAIN; ORTHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SYMPTOM; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WHIPLASH INJURY;

EID: 0030250523     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0020-1383(96)00064-2     Document Type: Review

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