Cancer pain undertreatment and prognostic factors

Pain

Volumn 153, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1770-1771

  Mercadante, Sebastiano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; OPIATE;

ANALGESIA; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PROGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; ITALY; LETTER; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PAIN;

EID: 84863725802     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2012.03.032     Document Type: Letter

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