A population-based cohort study on chronic pain: The role of opioids

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 763-769

  Sjøgren, Per ^a   Grønbæk, Morten ^b   Peuckmann, Vera ^c   Ekholm, Ola ^b  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

chronic non cancer pain; cohort study; epidemiology; opioids

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC PAIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE COURSE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PHYSICAL STRESS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE;

EID: 77958506749     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e3181f15daf     Document Type: Article

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