A parsimonious set of verbal descriptors of pain sensation derived from the McGill Pain Questionnaire

Pain

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-37

  Fernandez, Ephrem ^a   Towery, Stuart ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Decision rule; MPQ; Pain descriptors; Sensation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0030201092     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3959(96)02992-2     Document Type: Article

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