Pain language and gender differences when describing a past pain event

Pain

Volumn 145, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 86-95

  Strong, J ^a   Mathews, T ^a   Sussex, R ^a   New, F ^b   Hoey, S ^c   Mitchell, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Therapy Solutions   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Gender; Pain language

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; LANGUAGE; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69249222522     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.05.018     Document Type: Article

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