Unidimensional fuzzy pain intensity scale

IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 185-190

  Araujo, Ernesto ^a,b,c,d   Miyahira, Susana Abe ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Hospital Municipal Dr Jose de Carvalho Florence HMJCF   (Brazil)

^d Assoc Paulista Para O Desenvolvimento da Medicina (SPDM)   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTENSITY SCALE; MEDICAL CONDITIONS; NUMERICAL RATING SCALE; QUALITY LEVELS; RATING SCALE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VITAL SIGN;

FUZZY LOGIC; HEALTH CARE;

FUZZY SETS;

EID: 71249159804     PISSN: 10987584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/FUZZY.2009.5277285     Document Type: Conference Paper

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