Whiplash injuries in Finland: The situation 3 years later

European Spine Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 415-418

  Miettinen, Timo ^a   Leino, Eeva ^a   Airaksinen, Olavi ^a   Lindgren, Karl August ^b  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b ORTON ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Prognosis; Rehabilitation; Traffic accidents; Whiplash injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WHIPLASH INJURY;

EID: 4344651728     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-004-0677-5     Document Type: Article

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