The prevalence of chronic pain in Canada

Pain Research and Management

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 445-450

  Schopflocher, Donald ^a   Taenzer, Paul ^b   Jovey, Roman ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

^c CREDIT VALLEY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Prevalence; Statistics; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VALIDATION STUDY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; MIDDLE AGED; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; TELEPHONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857081455     PISSN: 12036765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/876306     Document Type: Article

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