Prevalence of pain among adults in Turkey

Pain Clinic

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 147-154

  Hamzaoǧlu, Onur ^a   Özkan, Özlem ^a   Erdine, Serdar ^b   Balta, Ecehan ^c   Domaç, Mehmet ^c  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Turkish Pharmacists' Association (TEB)   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adult; Chronic pain; Pain prevalence; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TURKEY (BIRD);

EID: 33744945057     PISSN: 01691112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156856906776760489     Document Type: Article

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