The prevalence and impact of chronic pain with neuropathic pain symptoms in the general population

Pain Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 918-929

  Toth, Cory ^a   Lander, Janice ^b   Wiebe, Samuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Epidemiology; Neuropathic pain; Population survey; Quality of life; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHRONIC PAIN; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; GENDER BIAS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; MORBIDITY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL POPULATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; TELEPHONE; URBAN POPULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; VULVODYNIA; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TELEPHONE; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68349131604     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2009.00655.x     Document Type: Article

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