Geriatric pain: Factors that limit pain relief and increase complications

Geriatrics

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 46-54

  Gloth III, F M ^a  

^a UNION MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; COMORBIDITY; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; REVIEW;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGING; ANALGESICS; ANXIETY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033779676     PISSN: 0016867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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