The impact of chronic pain on the health of black and white men

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 321-331

  Green, Carmen R ^a,b   Hart Johnson, Tamera ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparities; Men's health; Minority health; Pain; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; LAW SUIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEN'S HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH; MINORITY HEALTH; MOOD DISORDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN CLINIC; PATH ANALYSIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 77951809388     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-9684(15)30604-0     Document Type: Article

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