Comorbidity of Obesity and Pain in a General Population: Results from the Southern Pain Prevalence Study

Journal of Pain

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 430-436

  Hitt, Holli C ^b   McMillen, Robert C ^a   Thornton Neaves, Tonya ^a   Koch, Karen ^c   Cosby, Arthur G ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c NORTH MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

obesity; overweight; Pain; population

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OBESITY; PAIN; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; UNDERWEIGHT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PAIN; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247595372     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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