Risk factors of poor prognosis after whiplash injury

Pain Research and Management

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 69-75

  Suissa, Samy ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Motor vehicle crash; Prognosis; Soft tissue injury; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CAR; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MYALGIA; NECK PAIN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PALPATION; PARESTHESIA; POLICE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WHIPLASH INJURY;

EID: 0042073174     PISSN: 12036765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2003/235683     Document Type: Conference Paper

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