A Quantitative Review of Ethnic Group Differences in Experimental Pain Response: Do Biology, Psychology, and Culture Matter?

Pain Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 522-540

  Rahim Williams, Bridgett ^a   Riley, Joseph L ^b   Williams, Ameenah K K ^c   Fillingim, Roger B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity Race Differences; Experimental Pain; Pain Disparities; Pain Threshold Tolerance; Pain Treatment

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FACTOR;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EFFECT SIZE; ELECTRICAL PAIN; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MECHANICAL PAIN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL PAIN;

EID: 84859763231     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2012.01336.x     Document Type: Review

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