The Epidemiology of Chronic Pain in Canadian Men and Women between 1994 and 2007: Results from the Longitudinal Component of the National Population Health Survey

Michelle L Reitsma; Joan E Tranmer; Diane M Buchanan; Elizabeth G VanDenKerkhof

doi:10.1155/2012/875924

Pain Research and Management (Jan 2012)

The Epidemiology of Chronic Pain in Canadian Men and Women between 1994 and 2007: Results from the Longitudinal Component of the National Population Health Survey

Michelle L Reitsma,
Joan E Tranmer,
Diane M Buchanan,
Elizabeth G VanDenKerkhof

Affiliations

Michelle L Reitsma: Department of Anesthesiology, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Joan E Tranmer: School of Nursing, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Diane M Buchanan: School of Nursing, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Elizabeth G VanDenKerkhof: Department of Anesthesiology, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/875924
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 17, no. 3
pp. 166 – 172

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BACKGROUND: The epidemiology of chronic pain is poorly understood due to a paucity of longitudinal studies limiting the ability to develop prevention strategies for a condition resistant to many current therapies.

Published in Pain Research and Management

ISSN: 1203-6765 (Print); 1918-1523 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7040

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