Sources of variation in assessing male and female responses to pain

New Ideas in Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 83-95

  Derbyshire, Stuart W G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Gender; Health; Somatic response

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031115791     PISSN: 0732118X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-118X(97)00009-3     Document Type: Article

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