Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 15, Issue 6 , Pages 353-355, August 2008

No cash no whiplash?: Influence of the legal system on the incidence of whiplash injury☆

Presented in part at the 17th Meeting of the International Association of Forensic Sciences, Hong Kong, August 21–26, 2005.

  • C. Represas, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Legal Medicine, Facultad de Medicina, University of Santiago de Compostela, C/San Francisco s/n, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
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  • D.N. Vieira, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Legal Medicine, Coimbra, Portugal
    • ,
  • T. Magalhães, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Legal Medicine, Porto, Portugal
    • ,
  • R. Dias, MD

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Legal Medicine, Porto, Portugal
    • ,
  • S. Frazão, MD

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Legal Medicine, Porto, Portugal
    • ,
  • J.M. Suárez-Peñaranda, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology and Forensic Science, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
    • ,
  • M.S. Rodríguez-Calvo, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology and Forensic Science, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
    • ,
  • L. Concheiro, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology and Forensic Science, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
    • ,
  • J.I. Muñoz, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Legal Medicine, Facultad de Medicina, University of Santiago de Compostela, C/San Francisco s/n, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +34 981582327; fax: +34 981580336.

Received 15 May 2007; accepted 31 December 2007.

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☆ Partially supported by Grant 2006/CI194 from the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC).

PII: S1752-928X(08)00009-7

doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2007.12.016

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 15, Issue 6 , Pages 353-355, August 2008

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