Expression and description of chronic pain by older people

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-37

  Gartrell, Margaret ^a  

^a Aged Care Team   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Chronic pain; Description; Expression; Older people

Indexed keywords

EID: 40449128122     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2005.00057.x     Document Type: Article

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