Assessment of chronic pain. I. Aspects of the reliability and validity of the visual analogue scale

Pain

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1983, Pages 87-101

  Carlsson, Anna Maria ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC PAIN; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; PAIN; PATIENT;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PAIN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0020641122     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3959(83)90088-X     Document Type: Article

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