Do men and women have different perceptions of pain?;¿Existen diferencias en la percepción del dolor entre varones y mujeres?

Atencion Primaria

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 18-22

  Lopez de Castro F ^a,c   Rodriguez Alcala F J ^a   Mendez Gallego I ^b   Mancebo Pardo, R ^b   Gomez Calcerradad R ^b  

^a Medicina de Familia   (Spain)

^b DUE   (Spain)

^c U Docente Med Familiar Comunitaria   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gender; Perception of pain; Primary care; Venous puncture

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MALE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PERCEPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SMOKING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VEIN PUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0037233688     PISSN: 02126567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13042571     Document Type: Article

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