Balancing act with geriatric pain treatment

Pain

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-2

  Mäntyselkä, Pekka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALGESIA; ARTHRITIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; EDITORIAL; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN; POLYPHARMACY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; PAIN; PREVALENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 47249099722     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2008.05.012     Document Type: Editorial

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