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Volume 138, Issue 2 , Pages 267-276 , 31 August 2008

Chronic pain reconsidered

  • Michael Von Korff

      Affiliations

    • Group Health Center for Health Studies, 1730 Minor Avenue, Suite 1600, Seattle, WA 98101-1448, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 206 287 2874; fax: +1 206 287 2871.
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  • Kate M. Dunn

      Affiliations

    • Primary Care Musculoskeletal Research Centre, Keele University, Staffordshire, UK

Received 20 August 2007 ,Revised 18 December 2007 ,Accepted 18 December 2007.

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PII: S0304-3959(07)00750-6

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2007.12.010

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