Pain and aging

Geriatrics Today: Journal of the Canadian Geriatrics Society

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 32-37

  Kaasalainen, S ^a   Molloy, D W ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aged; Dementia; Pain; Pain theory; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGING; ATTITUDE; DEMENTIA; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION;

EID: 0034985851     PISSN: 14963892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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