Whiplash injury

Barnsley, Les; Lord, Susan; Bogduk, Nikolai

Affiliations

¹Cervical Spine Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308 Australia

Keywords

Keywords: Whiplash; Neck pain; Headache; Litigation; Pathophysiology

Links

DOI: 10.1016/0304-3959(94)90123-6

PubMed: 7838578

WoS: A1994PH00700001

History

Received: 1993-12-20

Revised: 1994-04-14

Accepted: 1994-04-15

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