Preventing disability from chronic pain: A review and reappraisal

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 157-169

  Aronoff, Gerald M ^a   Feldman, Jeffrey B ^a  

^a Presbyterian Orthopedic Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; CHRONIC PAIN; DISABILITY; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MENTAL DISEASE; NOCICEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WORK RESUMPTION;

EID: 0034127712     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540260050007462     Document Type: Review

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