Epidemiology of chronic pain, from the laboratory to the bus stop: time to add understanding of biological mechanisms to the study of risk factors in population-based research?

Pain. 2007 Jan;127(1-2):5-10. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2006.11.001. Epub 2006 Nov 30.

Authors

Blair H Smith¹, Gary J Macfarlane, Nicola Torrance

Affiliation

¹ Aberdeen Pain Research Collaboration, Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom. blairsmith@abdn.ac.uk

PMID: 17140732
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2006.11.001

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Chronic Disease
Epidemiologic Research Design*
Humans
Pain / diagnosis*
Pain / epidemiology*
Population Surveillance / methods*
Prognosis
Risk Assessment / methods*
Risk Factors