Alexithymia and pain in three chronic pain samples: Comparing Caucasians and African Americans

Pain Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 251-261

  Lumley, Mark A ^a   Radcliffe, Alison M ^a   Macklem, Debra J ^a   Mosley Williams, Angelia ^a   Leisen, James C C ^b   Huffman, Jennifer L ^a   D'Souza, Pamela J ^a   Gillis, Mazy E ^a   Meyer, Tina M ^a   Kraft, Christina A ^a   Rapport, Lisa J ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Alexithymia; Emotion; Ethnicity; Pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; EMOTION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 22144476847     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2005.05036.x     Document Type: Article

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