Application of a scaling model to establish and validate an interval level pain scale for assessment of acute pain in dogs

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2154-2166

  Morton, Carolyn M ^a   Reid, Jacky ^a   Scott, E Marion ^a   Holton, Lynne L ^b   Nolan, Andrea M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOG; FEMALE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 33645227769     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2005.66.2154     Document Type: Article

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