Preventing minor neck injuries in rear crashes-forty years of progress

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 428-433

  Zuby, David S ^a   Lund, Adrian K ^a  

^a Insurance Institute for Highway Safety   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; NECK INJURY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SAFETY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WHIPLASH INJURY;

EID: 77951178582     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181bb777c     Document Type: Conference Paper

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