Defining chronic pain for epidemiological research - Assessing a subjective definition

Pain Clinic

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 139-147

  Purves, Alison M ^a   Penny, Kay I ^b   Munro, Calum ^b   Smith, Blair H ^a   Grimshaw, Jeremy ^c   Wilson, Brenda ^b   Smith, W Cairns ^b   Chambers, W Alastair ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Definition; Epidemiology; Measurement instrument

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; DISABILITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PRODUCTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031957054     PISSN: 01691112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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