Pain is not a benign symptom among older adults: Comment on Blyth et al., "pain, frailty, and comorbidity in older men: The CHAMP study"

Pain

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-2

  Thielke, Stephen M ^a   Unützer, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; EDITORIAL; FALLING; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MENTAL HEALTH; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS; AUSTRALIA; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 54249163584     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2008.09.022     Document Type: Editorial

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