The pain epidemic: Some proposed solutions

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 1221, 2005, Pages

  Shipton, Edward A ^a   Shipton, Elspeth E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CHONDROITIN; CORTICOSTEROID; ENDOCANNABINOID; GLUCOSAMINE SULFATE; LIPOSOME; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MORPHINE; OMEGA CONOTOXIN MVIIA; PREGABALIN;

ARTHROPATHY; BACKACHE; CHRONIC PAIN; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; KYPHOPLASTY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROIMAGING; NEW ZEALAND; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER PAIN; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; WORK DISABILITY; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NEW ZEALAND; PAIN; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 27244451128     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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