Erratum: Fibromyalgia and disability adjudication: No simple solutions to a complex problem (Pain Research and Management (2014) 19:6 (293-299) DOI: 10.1155/2014/321307);Fibromyalgia and disability adjudication: No simple solutions to a complex problem

Pain Research and Management

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 293-299

  Harth, Manfred ^a,c   Nielson, Warren R ^b  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c AIM Clinic   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adjudication; Disability; Fibromyalgia; Law

Indexed keywords

DISABLED PERSON; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE;

DISABLED PERSONS; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS;

EID: 84914172430     PISSN: 12036765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/237405     Document Type: Erratum

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