Socio-economic differences in the prevalence of acute, chronic and disabling chronic pain among ageing employees

Pain

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 364-371

  Saastamoinen, Peppiina ^a   Leino Arjas, Päivi ^b   Laaksonen, Mikko ^a   Lahelma, Eero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acute pain; Chronic pain; Disability; Employees; Socio demographic factors; Socio economic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 15244356974     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2004.12.033     Document Type: Article

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