Whether the weather influences pain: High prevalence of chronic pain in Iceland and Norway: Common genes? Or lack of sunshine and vitamin D?

Scandinavian Journal of Pain

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 149-150

  Breivik, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN; VITAMIN D;

CHRONIC PAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE; HUMAN; ICELAND; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NORWAY; NOTE; PAIN THRESHOLD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SUN; SUN EXPOSURE; WEATHER;

EID: 77955016340     PISSN: 18778860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sjpain.2010.05.030     Document Type: Note

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