Race and sex differences in cutaneous pain perception

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 517-523

  Sheffield, David ^a,d   Biles, Paula L ^b   Orom, Heather ^b   Maixner, William ^c   Sheps, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Pain intensity; Pain unpleasantness; Race; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; NOCICEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; THERMAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0033858575     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-200007000-00010     Document Type: Article

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