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Bibliometric analysis of the scientific literature on pain research: A 2006 study

  • Claude Robert

      Affiliations

    • Université Paris Descartes, Faculté de Chirurgie Dentaire, Laboratoire d’Anatomie Fonctionnelle, 1 rue Maurice Arnoux, 92 120 Montrouge, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +33 1 58 07 67 98; fax: +33 1 58 07 68 00.
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  • Concepción S. Wilson

      Affiliations

    • School of Information Systems, Technology and Management, The University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia
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  • Stéphane Donnadieu

      Affiliations

    • Unité de Traitement de la Douleur, Hopital Européen Georges Pompidou, AP-HP, 20 rue Leblanc 75908 Paris Cedex 15, France
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  • Jean-François Gaudy

      Affiliations

    • Université Paris Descartes, Faculté de Chirurgie Dentaire, Laboratoire d’Anatomie Fonctionnelle, 1 rue Maurice Arnoux, 92 120 Montrouge, France
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  • Charles-Daniel Arreto

      Affiliations

    • Université Paris Descartes, Faculté de Chirurgie Dentaire, Laboratoire d’Anatomie Fonctionnelle, 1 rue Maurice Arnoux, 92 120 Montrouge, France

Received 13 February 2008 ,Revised 17 April 2008 ,Accepted 22 May 2008.

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☆ Part of this work has been accepted for a poster presentation at the 12th World Congress on Pain in Glasgow, Scotland, August 17–22, 2008.

PII: S0304-3959(08)00279-0

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2008.05.016

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