Prevalence, characteristics, and impact of postmastectomy pain syndrome: an investigation of women's experiences

Pain

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 61-68

  Stevens, Patricia E ^a   Dibble, Suzanne L ^a   Miaskowski, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Pain characteristic; Postmastectomy pain; Prevalence; Women with breast cancer

Indexed keywords

IBUPROFEN; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MORBIDITY; NEUROPATHY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SYNDROME;

EID: 0028933436     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3959(94)00162-8     Document Type: Article

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