Pain, Anxiety and Analgesics: A Comparative Study of Elderly and Younger Surgical Patients

Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1990, Pages 13-22

  Oberle, Kathleen ^a   Paul, Pauline ^b   Wry, Judy ^a   Grace, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Elderly; Post operative pain

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SURGERY;

EID: 0025250296     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: 17101107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0714980800016056     Document Type: Article

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