A prospective cohort study of the outcome of acute whiplash injury in Greece

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 67-70

  Partheni, M ^a   Constantoyannis, C ^a   Ferrari, R ^a,b   Nikiforidis, G ^a   Voulgaris, S ^a   Papadakis, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accident; Cervical sprain; Dizziness; Epidemiology; Neck sprain; Whiplash injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GREECE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM; COHORT STUDIES; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSATION DISORDERS; SHOULDER; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 0033952611     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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