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Placebo whiplash data need cautious interpretation

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  1. MacInnis Engineering Associates, 11-11151 Horseshoe Way, V7A 4S5, Richmond BC, Canada

    Gunter P. Siegmund

  2. School of Human Kinetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Gunter P. Siegmund

  3. MacInnis Engineering Associates, Lake Forest, CA, USA

    John R. Brault

  4. Vector Scientific, Inc., Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Jeffrey B. Wheeler

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Siegmund, G.P., Brault, J.R. & Wheeler, J.B. Placebo whiplash data need cautious interpretation. Int J Legal Med 116, 251 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-002-0287-x

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