The epidemiology of chronic pain in a general population: Results of a survey in southern Sweden

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 421-429

  Jakobsson, U ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTIPATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESTLESSNESS; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP; STRATIFIED SAMPLE; SWEDEN; WALKING DIFFICULTY; ADOLESCENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PREVALENCE; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957935140     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: 15027732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03009741003685616     Document Type: Article

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