How not to miss a somatic needle in the haystack of chronic pain

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 499-505

  Adler, Rolf H ^a   Zamboni, Paul ^a   Hofer, Theres ^a   Hemmeler, Willi ^a   Hürny, Christoph ^a   Minder, Christoph ^b   Radvila, Andreas ^c   Zlot, Stefan I ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c Bernishe Höhenklinik   (Switzerland)

^d Service Medico Pedagogique   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Open end interview; Physical factors; Psychological factors; Symptom characteristics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOGENESIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPEECH; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0030918870     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3999(97)00005-6     Document Type: Article

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