Self-Treatment of Pain in a Rural Area

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 166-172

  Vallerand, April Hazard ^a   Fouladbakhsh, Judith M ^a   Templin, Thomas ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMFEBUTAMONE; AMITRIPTYLINE; ARTHROTEC; BUTALBITAL PLUS CAFFEINE PLUS PARACETAMOL; CELECOXIB; CHONDROITIN; CITALOPRAM; CYCLOBENZAPRINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIAZEPAM; DICLOFENAC; ETANERCEPT; FLURBIPROFEN; GABAPENTIN; GLUCOSAMINE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE PLUS PARACETAMOL; IBUPROFEN; METHOCARBAMOL; MORPHINE SULFATE; NABUMETONE; NAPROXEN; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; OPIATE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE; PREDNISONE; PROPRANOLOL; ROFECOXIB; SERTRALINE; SUMATRIPTAN SUCCINATE; TOLTERODINE; TRAMADOL; UBIDECARENONE;

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRESCRIPTION; RURAL AREA; SELF MEDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESIA; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; RURAL HEALTH; SELF CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 1642295588     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2004.tb00024.x     Document Type: Article

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