Pain assessment in the cognitively impaired and unimpaired elderly

Pain Management Nursing

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 106-115

  Manz, Barbara D ^a   Mosier, Reynold ^b   Nusser Gerlach, Margaret A ^c   Bergstrom, Nancy ^d   Agrawal, Sangeeta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b U S ARMY   (United States)

^c Nebraska Health Systems   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

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EID: 0034388692     PISSN: 15249042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jpmn.2000.19332     Document Type: Article

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