Reverse causality in the association between whiplash and symptoms of anxiety and depression: The HUNT study

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Volumn 36, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 1380-1386

  Mykletun, Arnstein ^a,b   Glozier, Nicholas ^c   Wenzel, Hanne Gro ^d   Øverland, Simon ^b   Harvey, Samuel B ^e   Wessely, Simon ^e   Hotopf, Matthew ^e  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; depression; disability pension; epidemiology; mood; whiplash

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; CAUSALITY; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF REPORT; WHIPLASH INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051550626     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181f2f6bb     Document Type: Article

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