Chronic Widespread Pain and Its Comorbidities
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Chronic widespread pain and its comorbidities: a population-based study.
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OBJECTIVE We examine the descriptive epidemiology of chronic widespread pain using the 'Manchester' definition [CWP(M)] and assess psychosocial and other features which characterize subjects with such pain according to these more stringent criteria. METHODS A population postal survey of 3004 subjects was conducted in the Greater Manchester area of the UK. RESULTS The point prevalence of Man...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Internal Medicine
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0003-9926
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.166.15.1649