Sick leave and disability pension among passenger car occupants injured in urban traffic

Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1023-1028

  Bylund, Per Olof ^a   Björnstig, Ulf ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Socioeconomic costs; Traffic injuries; Whiplash

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN AREA;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, DISABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SICK LEAVE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPINAL INJURIES; SWEDEN; URBAN POPULATION; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 0344541985     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199805010-00012     Document Type: Article

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