Pain in the obese: Impact on health-related quality-of-life

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 408-410

  Barofsky, Ivan ^a   Fontaine, Kevin R ^b   Cheskin, Lawrence J ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE;

EID: 0031412822     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02895160     Document Type: Article

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