Nonmalignant chronic pain evaluation in the Turkish population as measured by the McGill pain questionnaire

Pain Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 265-273

  Oksuz, Ergun ^a   Mutlu, Esra Tuba ^a   Malhan, Simten ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; McGill Pain Questionnaire; Pain assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; COLIC; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ASPECT; TORTURE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VISCERAL PAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TURKEY;

EID: 34548059210     PISSN: 15307085     EISSN: 15332500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-2500.2007.00141.x     Document Type: Article

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