Chronic pain: A review

Journal Medical Libanais

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-27

  Huijer, Huda Abu Saad ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; FENTANYL; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CHRONIC PAIN; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LEBANON; MARRIAGE; MASSAGE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LEBANON; MENTAL HEALTH; PAIN; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 77949954662     PISSN: 00239852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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