A population based study of the prevalence of pain in Iceland

Scandinavian Journal of Pain

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 151-157

  Gunnarsdottir, Sigridur ^a   Ward, Sandra E ^b   Serlin, Ronald C ^b  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Brief Pain Inventory; Causal attribution; Pain; Pain management; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CANNABIS;

ACCIDENT; ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIRTH DEFECT; BRACE; BRIEF PAIN INVENTORY; CHIROPRACTIC; CHRONIC PAIN; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; ICELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPORT; SWIMMING; WALKING; WORK; YOGA;

EID: 77955043938     PISSN: 18778860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sjpain.2010.05.028     Document Type: Article

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