A visual analogue thermometer for measuring pain intensity

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 299-311

  Choinière, Manon ^a,b   Amsel, Rhonda ^c  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

chronic pain; Pain assessment; visual analogue scale

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; THERMOMETER;

EID: 17044456618     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0885-3924(95)00204-9     Document Type: Article

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