Initial patterns of clinical care and recovery from whiplash injuries: A population-based cohort study

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 2257-2263

  Côté, Pierre ^a,h   Hogg Johnson, Sheilah ^a   Cassidy, J David ^a,b   Carroll, Linda ^g   Frank, John W ^a,c,d   Bombardier, Claire ^a,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

^d CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^h INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; OFFICE VISITS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SASKATCHEWAN; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 27644590037     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.165.19.2257     Document Type: Article

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