Pain Prevalence in Nine- to 13-Year-Old School Children

Adam van Dijk; Patricia A McGrath; William Pickett; Elizabeth G VanDenKerkhof

doi:10.1155/2006/835327

Pain Research and Management (Jan 2006)

Pain Prevalence in Nine- to 13-Year-Old School Children

Adam van Dijk,
Patricia A McGrath,
William Pickett,
Elizabeth G VanDenKerkhof

Affiliations

Adam van Dijk: Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada
Patricia A McGrath: Divisional Center of Pain Management and Pain Research, Hospital for Sick Children, Canada
William Pickett: Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada
Elizabeth G VanDenKerkhof: Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2006/835327
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 4
pp. 234 – 240

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Despite significant progress in the epidemiology of chronic pain in adults, major gaps remain in our understanding of the epidemiology of chronic pain in children. In particular, the incidence, prevalence and sensory characteristics of many types of pain in Canadian children are unknown.

Published in Pain Research and Management

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

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