Chronic neck pain following car crashes: A population-based study from Auckland, New Zealand

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 704-709

  Ameratunga, S ^a,d   Tin, S T ^a   Connor, J ^b   Norton, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Health outcomes; Motor vehicle crashes; Neck pain; Prognosis; Whiplash associated disorders

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; NEW ZEALAND; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; RIGIDITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WORK;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650622660     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2009.02101.x     Document Type: Article

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