The association between anxiety and chronic pain after whiplash injury: Gender-specific effects

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 487-490

  Elklit, Ask ^a   Jones, Allan ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Chronic pain; Gender; Whiplash

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STATISTICS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 33748458677     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ajp.0000208247.18251.bb     Document Type: Article

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