Pain prevalence in nine- to 13-year-old school children

Pain Research and Management

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 234-240

  Van Dijk, Adam ^a   McGrath, Patricia A ^b,c   Pickett, William ^a   VanDenKerkhof, Elizabeth G ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Chronic pain; Cross sectional study; Epidemiological study; Pain experience interview; Pain prevalence; Recurrent pain

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEE STING; BONE PAIN; BURN; CANADA; CHRONIC PAIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INJECTION PAIN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYALGIA; OTALGIA; PAIN THRESHOLD; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOOTH PAIN;

EID: 33846429209     PISSN: 12036765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2006/835327     Document Type: Article

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