ACC and back injuries: The relevance of pre-existing asymptomatic conditions

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 1102, 2000, Pages 16-19

  Robertson, Peter A ^a   Nicholson, O Ross ^a  

^a Mercy Specialist Centre   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INJURY; LEGAL ASPECT; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; NEW ZEALAND; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SPONDYLOLYSIS;

AGING; BACK INJURIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, ACCIDENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEW ZEALAND; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SPONDYLOLYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034723099     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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