Ethnicity matters in the assessment and treatment of children's pain

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 378-380

  Fortier, Michelle A ^a,b   Anderson, Cynthia T ^a   Kain, Zeev N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF ORANGE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BIOLOGICAL FACTOR;

CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROUPS BY AGE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; NEGRO; NOCICEPTION; NOTE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICIAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CULTURE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649613582     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-3332     Document Type: Note

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