The effect of ethnicity on prescriptions for patient-controlled analgesia for post-operative pain

Pain

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 9-12

  Ng, Bernardo ^a   Dimsdale, Joel E ^a   Rollnik, Jens D ^b   Shapiro, Harvey ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesic; Ethnicity; Pain; Patient controlled analgesia (PCA); Post operative pain

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030200938     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3959(96)02955-7     Document Type: Article

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