Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 55, Issue 2 , Pages 105-110 , February 2002

Efforts to standardize the reporting of pain

  • Robert L Kane

      Affiliations

    • Division of Health Services Research and Policy, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, University of Minnesota Clinical Outcomes Research Center, 420 Delaware Street SE (Mayo Mail Code 197), Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: 617-624-1185; fax: 617-624-8448. E-mail address:(R.L. Kane)
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  • Boris Bershadsky

      Affiliations

    • Division of Health Services Research and Policy, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, University of Minnesota Clinical Outcomes Research Center, 420 Delaware Street SE (Mayo Mail Code 197), Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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  • Wen-Chieh Lin

      Affiliations

    • Division of Health Services Research and Policy, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, University of Minnesota Clinical Outcomes Research Center, 420 Delaware Street SE (Mayo Mail Code 197), Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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  • Todd Rockwood

      Affiliations

    • Division of Health Services Research and Policy, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, University of Minnesota Clinical Outcomes Research Center, 420 Delaware Street SE (Mayo Mail Code 197), Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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  • Kirkham Wood

      Affiliations

    • Division of Health Services Research and Policy, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Department of Orthopaedics, 420 Delaware Street SE (Mayo Mail Code 197), Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA

Received 5 December 2000 ,Revised 27 July 2001 ,Accepted 30 July 2001.

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Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 55, Issue 2 , Pages 105-110 , February 2002

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