Pain and the elderly: Introduction

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 205-206

  McCarberg, Bill H ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; EDITORIAL; ELDERLY CARE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LOW BACK PAIN; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ARTICLE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 3042520668     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002508-200407000-00001     Document Type: Editorial

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