Impairment and work disability due to whiplash injury following traffic collisions. An analysis of insurance material from the Swedish Road Traffic Injury Commission

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 116-123

  Holm, Lena ^a   Cassidy, J David ^a,b   Sjögren, Yvonne ^a   Nygren, Åke ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disability; Impairment; Traffic injury; Whiplash

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WHIPLASH INJURY; WORK DISABILITY;

EID: 0033306269     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/140349499445301     Document Type: Article

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