Pain location and psychological characteristics of patients with chronic pain

Psychosomatics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 216-220

  Gregory, Robert J ^a   Manring, John ^a   Berry, Sarah L ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RATING SCALE;

EID: 0034090372     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psy.41.3.216     Document Type: Article

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