Measurement of pain in children: State-of the-art considerations

Anesthesiology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 523-526

  Kain, Zeev N ^a   Cicchetti, Domenic V ^a   McClain, Brenda C ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MOVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SHORT SURVEY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CHILD; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0036187323     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200203000-00002     Document Type: Short Survey

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