Chronic pain-related disability and use of analgesia and health services in a Sydney community

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 84-87

  Blyth, Fiona M ^a   March, Lyn M ^a   Counsins, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CODEINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE PLUS PARACETAMOL; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MINERAL; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; SEDATIVE AGENT; STEROID; VITAMIN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSULTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLING; SEX; SPORT INJURY; TELEPHONE; WORK DISABILITY;

EID: 0043092478     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05441.x     Document Type: Article

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