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The utility of pain assessment for analgesic use in persons with dementia

  • Jiska Cohen-Mansfield

      Affiliations

    • Charles E. Smith Life Communities, Research Institute on Aging, 6121 Montrose Road, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
    • Sackler Faculty of Medicine and Herczeg Institute on Aging, Tel-Aviv university, Tel-Aviv, Israel
    • George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20037, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Hebrew Home of Greater Washington, Research Institute on Aging, 6121 Montrose Road, Rockville, MD 20852, USA. Tel.: +1 301 770 8453; fax: +1 301 770 8455.
    • ,
  • Steven Lipson

      Affiliations

    • Charles E. Smith Life Communities, Research Institute on Aging, 6121 Montrose Road, Rockville, MD 20852, USA

Received 22 September 2006 ,Revised 22 February 2007 ,Accepted 19 March 2007.

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PII: S0304-3959(07)00137-6

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2007.03.023

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