The epidemiology of chronic pain in the community

Lancet

Volumn 354, Issue 9186, 1999, Pages 1248-1252

  Elliott, Alison M ^a   Smith, Blair H ^a   Penny, Kay I ^c   Smith, W Cairns ^a   Chambers, W Alastair ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHRONIC PAIN; COMMUNITY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOUSING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033539339     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)03057-3     Document Type: Article

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