The relationship of gender to pain

Pain Management Nursing

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 8-15

  Vallerand, April Hazard ^a   Polomano, Rosemary C ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0034259958     PISSN: 15249042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jpmn.2000.9759     Document Type: Article

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