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How reliable are pain scores? a pilot study of 20 healthy volunteers

✍ Scribed by Timothy J. Mader; Fidela S.J. Blank; Howard A. Smithline; Jeannette M. Wolfe

Book ID: 114485897
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 2003
Tongue: English
Weight: 52 KB
Volume: 29
Category: Article
ISSN: 1527-2966
DOI: 10.1067/men.2003.107

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