Sex and gender differences in pain and analgesia

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 186, Issue C, 2010, Pages 140-157

  Mogil, Jeffrey S ^a   Bailey, Andrea L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Nociception; Pain; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; BOOK; CHRONIC PAIN; CULTURAL FACTOR; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 78649344837     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53630-3.00009-9     Document Type: Chapter

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