Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 36, Issue 1 , Pages 69-78 , July 2008

Pain Behavior in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: Identification of Pain Behavior Subgroups

  • Sandra J. Waters, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, North Carolina Central University, Durham
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Sandra J. Waters, PhD, Department of Psychology, North Carolina Central University, 214 Taylor Education Building, Durham, NC 27707, USA.
    • ,
  • Paul A. Riordan, BA

      Affiliations

    • North Carolina Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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  • Francis J. Keefe, PhD

      Affiliations

    • North Carolina Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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  • John C. Lefebvre, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Wofford College, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA

,Accepted 31 August 2007.

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 This study was supported by a grant to Dr. Keefe from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (Grant #: AR 42261).

PII: S0885-3924(08)00059-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2007.08.015

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 36, Issue 1 , Pages 69-78 , July 2008

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