Pain, medication use, and health-related quality of life in older persons with postherpetic neuralgia: results from a population-based survey.

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Published in J Pain on June 01, 2005

Authors

Gerry Oster1, Gale Harding, Ellen Dukes, John Edelsberg, Paul D Cleary

Author Affiliations

1: Policy Analysis Inc, Brookline, Massachusetts 02445, USA. goster@pai2.com

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