No cash no whiplash?: Influence of the legal system on the incidence of whiplash injury

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 353-355

  Represas, C ^a   Vieira, D N ^b   Magalhaes T ^b   Dias, R ^b   Frazao S ^b   Suarez Penaranda J M ^c   Rodriguez Calvo M S ^c   Concheiro, L ^c   Munoz J I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE MEDICINA LEGAL E CIÊNCIAS FORENSES   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assessment; Portugal; Spain; Traffic; Whiplash incidence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INCIDENCE; LAW; LAW SUIT; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT CODING; PORTUGAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPAIN; SPINE DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; COMPENSATION AND REDRESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PORTUGAL; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 52049090363     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2007.12.016     Document Type: Article

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