Race and chronic pain: A comparative study of young black and white Americans presenting for management

Journal of Pain

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 176-183

  Green, Carmen Reneé ^a   Baker, Tamara A ^b   Sato, Yuka ^b   Washington, Tamika L ^b   Smith, Edna M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Health status; Quality of care; Quality of life; Race and ethnicity; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC PAIN; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; EMOTION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL HEALTH; NEGRO; PAIN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDER; THORAX PAIN; UNITED STATES; VERTIGO;

EID: 0038656476     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1526-5900(02)65013-8     Document Type: Article

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