Measuring Pain. Visual Analog Scale Versus Numeric Pain Scale: What is the Difference?

Journal of Chiropractic Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-44

  Johnson, Claire ^a  

^a NONE

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EID: 77949556948     PISSN: 15563707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-3467(07)60112-8     Document Type: Article

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