Evidence-based pain medicine: The good, the bad, and the ugly

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 389-393

  Carr, Daniel B ^a   Goudas, Leonidas C ^b  

^a Departments of Cardiology and Anesthesia   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER PAIN; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; DATA BASE; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY;

EID: 0034838225     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rapm.2001.25064     Document Type: Article

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