Chronic pain in the classroom: Teachers' attributions about the causes of chronic pain

Journal of School Health

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 248-256

  Logan, Deirdre E ^a,b   Catanese, Sarah P ^c   Coakley, Rachael M ^a   Scharff, Lisa ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Attributions; Chronic pain; Pain; Teachers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; BOSTON; CAUSALITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; FACULTY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PAIN; STUDENTS;

EID: 34047200328     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2007.00200.x     Document Type: Article

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