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Volume 145, Issue 1 , Pages 86-95 , September 2009

Pain language and gender differences when describing a past pain event

  • J. Strong

      Affiliations

    • The University of Queensland, School of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences, Brisbane 4072, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 7 3365 1320; fax: +61 7 3365 4283.
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  • T. Mathews

      Affiliations

    • The University of Queensland, School of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences, Brisbane 4072, Australia
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  • R. Sussex

      Affiliations

    • The University of Queensland, School of Languages & Comparative Cultural Studies, Division of Applied, Linguistics, Brisbane 4072, Australia
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  • F. New

      Affiliations

    • The Tess Cramond Multidisciplinary Pain Centre, Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital Herston, Brisbane 4029, Australia
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  • S. Hoey

      Affiliations

    • Therapy Solutions, Bowen Hills, Brisbane 4027, Australia
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  • G. Mitchell

      Affiliations

    • The University of Queensland, School of Medicine, Brisbane 4072, Australia

Received 12 December 2008 ,Revised 13 May 2009 ,Accepted 19 May 2009.

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PII: S0304-3959(09)00305-4

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.05.018

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