Circumstances of chronic pain onset: Relationship to pain description, coping and psychological distress

Pain Clinic

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-26

  Toomey, Timothy C ^a   Seville, Janette L ^b   Finkel, Alan G ^a   Mann, J Douglas ^a   Abashian, Sandra W ^a   Klocek, John W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Pain onset; Psychological distress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN CLINIC; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SOMATIZATION;

EID: 0030700822     PISSN: 01691112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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