PAIN
Volume 114, Issue 1 , Pages 37-46 , March 2005

Do men and women differ in their response to interdisciplinary chronic pain management?

Received 19 March 2004 ,Revised 9 November 2004 ,Accepted 15 November 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2004.12.009

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