Clinical significance of reported changes in pain severity

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 485-489

  Todd, K H ^a   Funk, K G ^a   Funk, J P ^a   Bonacci, R ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0029862923     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(96)70238-X     Document Type: Article

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