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Volume 140, Issue 1 , Pages 231-238 , 15 November 2008

Virtual human technology: Capturing sex, race, and age influences in individual pain decision policies

  • Adam T. Hirsh

      Affiliations

    • Center for Pain Research and Behavioral Health, University of Florida, P.O. Box 100165, Gainesville, FL 32610-0165, USA
    • ,
  • Ashraf F. Alqudah

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
    • ,
  • Lauren A. Stutts

      Affiliations

    • Center for Pain Research and Behavioral Health, University of Florida, P.O. Box 100165, Gainesville, FL 32610-0165, USA
    • ,
  • Michael E. Robinson

      Affiliations

    • Center for Pain Research and Behavioral Health, University of Florida, P.O. Box 100165, Gainesville, FL 32610-0165, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 352 273 6153; fax: +1 352 273 6156.

Received 3 May 2008 ,Revised 21 July 2008 ,Accepted 11 September 2008.

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PII: S0304-3959(08)00543-5

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2008.09.010

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