The natural history of chronic pain in the community: A better prognosis than in the clinic?

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1617-1620

  Macfarlane, Gary J ^a,c   Thomas, Elaine ^a   Papageorgiou, Ann C ^a   Schollum, Joanna ^a   Croft, Peter R ^b   Silman, Alan J ^a  

^a Sch of Epidemiol and Hlth Sci   (United Kingdom)

^b School of Postgraduate Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fibromyalgia; Natural history; Pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0029741182     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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