Psychological impact of injuries sustained in motor vehicle crashes: Systematic review and meta-analysis

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Craig, Ashley ^a   Tran, Yvonne ^a   Guest, Rebecca ^a   Gopinath, Bamini ^a   Jagnoor, Jagnoor ^a   Bryant, Richard A ^b   Collie, Alex ^c   Tate, Robyn ^a   Kenardy, Justin ^d   Middleton, James W ^a   Cameron, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EFFECT SIZE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WHIPLASH INJURY; BRAIN INJURY; COMPLICATION; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BRAIN INJURIES; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 84987619298     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011993     Document Type: Article

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