Cancer pain - Progress and ongoing issues in Africa

Pain Research and Management

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 349-

  Soyannwo, Olaitan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; OPIATE DERIVATIVE;

AFRICA; ANALGESIA; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RECTUM CARCINOMA; SHORT SURVEY; SPIRITUAL CARE;

EID: 73249137364     PISSN: 12036765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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