Pain prevalence in Singapore

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 937-942

  Yeo, Sow Nam ^a   Tay, Kwang Hui ^b  

^a MOUNT ELIZABETH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asia; Chronic pain; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE; TELEPHONE;

EID: 73249152986     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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