Sociodemographic factors in a pediatric chronic pain clinic: The roles of age, sex and minority status in pain and health characteristics

Journal of Pain Management

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 273-281

  Evans, Subhadra ^a   Taub, Rebecca ^a   Tsao, Jennie C I ^a   Meldrum, Marcia ^a   Zeltzer, Lonnie K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Clinical cohort; Ethnic differences; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHRONIC PAIN; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEADACHE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP TIME; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOMATIZATION;

EID: 79953181307     PISSN: 19395914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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