Effects of smoking, distraction, and gender on pain perception

Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 133-140

  Unrod, Marina ^a   Kassel, Jon D ^b   Robinson, Michael ^c  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Distraction; Gender; Pain perception; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DISTRACTIBILITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

EID: 14944371194     PISSN: 08964289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/BMED.30.3.133-140     Document Type: Article

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