Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 32, Issue 6 , Pages 519-531 , December 2006

Pain, Demographics, and Clinical Characteristics in Persons Who Received Hospice Care in the United States

,Accepted 17 June 2006.

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 This study was funded in part by excelleRx, Inc.

PII: S0885-3924(06)00519-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2006.06.005

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 32, Issue 6 , Pages 519-531 , December 2006

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