Risk factors for 'whiplash' in drivers: A cohort study of rear-end traffic crashes

Injury

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 173-179

  Dolinis, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAR DRIVER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NECK INJURY; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TELEPHONE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 0030749242     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(96)00186-6     Document Type: Article

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