Reliability of the visual analog scale for measurement of acute pain

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1153-1157

  Bijur, P E ^a   Silver, W ^a   Gallagher, E J ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Pain; Pain measurement; Reproducibility of results

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 0035190677     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2001.tb01132.x     Document Type: Article

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