title: Epidemiology of chronic pain, from the laboratory to the bus stop: time to add understanding of biological mechanisms to the study of risk factors in population-based research?
authors.affiliation: Aberdeen Pain Research Collaboration, Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom. blairsmith@abdn.ac.uk
authors.forename: Blair H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Gary J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Macfarlane
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Torrance
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D015340:Epidemiologic Research Design; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D011379:Prognosis; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors