Ethnic identity predicts experimental pain sensitivity in African Americans and Hispanics

Pain

Volumn 129, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 177-184

  Rahim Williams, F Bridgett ^a   Riley III, Joseph L ^a   Herrera, Dyanne ^a   Campbell, Claudia M ^a   Hastie, Barbara A ^a   Fillingim, Roger B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic identity; Ethnicity; Pain range; Pain threshold; Pain tolerance; Race

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; HEAT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISCHEMIA; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS;

EID: 34047248897     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2006.12.016     Document Type: Article

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