Whiplash injuries in Finland - The possibility of some sociodemographic and psychosocial factors to predict the outcome after one year

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 26, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 1367-1372

  Miettinen, Timo ^a   Airaksinen, Olavi ^a   Lindgren, Karl August ^b   Leino, Eeva ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b ORTON ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEAT BELTS; SICK LEAVE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 9744221941     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280400000203     Document Type: Article

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