JAMDA
Volume 7, Issue 3 , Pages 147-153 , March 2006

Measuring Pain Presence and Intensity in Nursing Home Residents

  • Wen-Chieh Lin, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Wen-Chieh Lin, PhD, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, M226 Medical Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65212
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  • Terry Y. Lum, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Social Work, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN
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  • David R. Mehr, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO
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  • Robert L. Kane, MD

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

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PII: S1525-8610(05)00530-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2005.08.005

JAMDA
Volume 7, Issue 3 , Pages 147-153 , March 2006

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