A re-examination of the whiplash associated disorders (WAD) as a systemic illness

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1337-1342

  Ferrari, Robert ^a   Russell, A S ^a   Carroll, L J ^a   Cassidy, J D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIZZINESS; FATIGUE; HEADACHE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MOTOR VEHICLE; NAUSEA; NECK PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL PAIN; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REPORTING; INSURANCE, ACCIDENT; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; SASKATCHEWAN; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SYNDROME; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 23944459800     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2004.034447     Document Type: Review

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