The relationship between self-reported severe pain and measures of socio-economic disadvantage

European Journal of Pain

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1107-1111

  Morgan, Christopher Ll ^a   Conway, Pete ^b   Currie, Craig J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b GRÜNENTHAL GMBH   (Germany)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Social deprivation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INDEX OF MULTIPLE DEPRIVATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL STATISTICS SOCIOECONOMIC CLASSIFICATION; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SECURITY; WORK DISABILITY;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC PAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 80455164724     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2011.04.010     Document Type: Article

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