Pain factors associated with physical disability in a sample of community-dwelling senior citizens

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2000, Pages

  Scudds, Rhonda J ^a,b,c   Robertson, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONICITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0033920443     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/55.7.M393     Document Type: Article

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