Race and ethnicity do not affect baseline self-report of pain severity in patients with suspected long-bone fractures

Pain Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 106-110

  Bernstein, Steven L ^a   Gallagher, E John ^a   Cabral, Lisa ^a   Bijur, Polly ^a  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Emergency department; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LONG BONE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAIN; RACE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59649090973     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2008.00542.x     Document Type: Article

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