The Effect of Ethnicity on Physician Estimates of Pain Severity in Patients With Isolated Extremity Trauma

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 271, Issue 12, 1994, Pages 925-928

  Todd, Knox H ^a   Lee, Tony ^a   Hoffman, Jerome R ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMB INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84942480330     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1994.03510360051035     Document Type: Article

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