Prevalence of chronic benign pain disorder among adults: A review of the literature

Pain

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 231-239

  Verhaak, Peter F M ^a   Kerssens, Jan J ^a   Dekker, Joost ^a   Sorbi, Marjolijn J ^b   Bensing, Jozien M ^a,b  

^a Netherlands Inst of Primary Care   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NOCICEPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032168726     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(98)00117-1     Document Type: Review

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