How do people ease their pain? A population-based study

Journal of Pain

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 498-504

  Turunen, Juha H O ^a   Mäntyselkä, Pekka T ^a,b   Kumpusalo, Esko A ^a,b   Ahonen, Riitta S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

exercise; Pain; population; treatment

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUGS, NON-PRESCRIPTION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, HERBAL; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 8844233352     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2004.08.003     Document Type: Article

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