Chronic pain and mortality: A systematic review

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Smith, Diane ^a   Wilkie, Ross ^a   Uthman, Olalekan ^b   Jordan, Joanne L ^a   McBeth, John ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC PAIN; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FIBROMYALGIA; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; AGE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FACTUAL DATABASE; LUNG DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC PAIN; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; NEOPLASMS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84902449038     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099048     Document Type: Review

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