Classifying the severity of paediatric chronic pain - An application of the chronic pain grading

European Journal of Pain (United Kingdom)

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1393-1402

  Wager, Julia ^a,b   Hechler, T ^a,b   Darlington, A S ^c   Hirschfeld, G ^a,b   Vocks, S ^d   Zernikow, B ^a,b  

^a Children's and Adolescents' Hospital   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84894192185     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1532-2149.2013.00314.x     Document Type: Article

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