The prevalence of pain among the oldest old in Sweden

Pain

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-34

  Brattberg, Gunilla ^a,c   Parker, Marti G ^b   Thorslund, Mats ^b  

^a Primary Health Care Gästrikland   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Elderly; Epidemiology; Pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYALGIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN;

EID: 0030245612     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3959(96)03047-3     Document Type: Article

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