Pain among veterans of operations enduring freedom and Iraqi Freedom: Do women and men differ?

Pain Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1167-1173

  Haskell, Sally G ^a,b   Brandt, Cynthia A ^a,b   Krebs, Erin E ^c,d,e   Skanderson, Melissa ^f   Kerns, Robert D ^a,b   Goulet, Joseph L ^a,b  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Roudebush VA Center on Implementing Evidence Based Practice   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Pain Assessment; Sex Differences; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VETERAN; WAR; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COMBAT DISORDERS; FEMALE; GULF WAR; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; PAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 73949135128     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2009.00714.x     Document Type: Article

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