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Abstract
Hyperextension injury to the neck, often the result of being struck from behind by a fast-moving vehicle, in an automobile accident. (From Segen, The Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992)
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- Injuries, Whiplash
- Injury, Whiplash
- Whiplash Injury
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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73; was WHIPLASH INJURY 1963-72
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Whiplash Injuries. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014911. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014911
- Whiplash Injuries. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiplash_(medicine)
- Whiplash Injuries. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1147223