Prevalence of recurrent complaints of pain among Greek schoolchildren and associated factors: A population-based study

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 947-951

  Bakoula, Chryssa ^a   Kapi, Aikaterini ^a   Veltsista, Alexandra ^a   Kavadias, George ^a   Kolaitis, Gerasimos ^a  

^a AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Children; Psychosocial factors; Recurrent complaints of pain

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GREECE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIMB PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELEVISION;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; PAIN; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33746849257     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035250600684453     Document Type: Article

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