Healthcare utilization for pain in children and adolescents: A prospective study of laboratory and non-laboratory predictors of care-seeking

International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 287-292

  Tsao, Jennie C I ^a   Evans, Subhadra ^a   Seidman, Laura C ^a   Zeltzer, Lonnie K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

acute pain; experimental pain; parent health status; parent child relationship; pediatric healthcare

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHILD; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONSULTATION; DYSMENORRHEA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAW PAIN; LEG PAIN; MALE; MOUTH PAIN; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PARENT; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STOMACH PAIN; THORAX PAIN;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PAIN; PARENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 80052700391     PISSN: 03340139     EISSN: 21910278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/IJAMH.2011.057     Document Type: Article

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