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?
Smith
Blair H
BH
Aberdeen Pain Research Collaboration, Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom. blairsmith@abdn.ac.uk
Macfarlane
Gary J
GJ
Torrance
Nicola
N
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