Prevalent musculoskeletal pain as a correlate of previous exposure to torture

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 496-503

  Olsen, Dorte Reff ^a   Montgomery, Edith ^a   Bøjholm, Soren ^a   Foldspang, Anders ^b  

^a Rehabiliterings og Forskningscentret for Torturofre   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Long term physical sequels; pain; torture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BATTERING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; FOOT PAIN; HEAD; HOME; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; REFUGEE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOMATIZATION; TORTURE; TORTURE SURVIVOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACK PAIN; DENMARK; FACIAL PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PAIN; POST-TRAUMATIC HEADACHE; REFUGEES; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; TORTURE;

EID: 33749037408     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940600554677     Document Type: Article

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