The epidemiology of chronic pain in Libya: a cross-sectional telephone survey
Abstract Background Chronic pain is a public health problem although there is a paucity of prevalence data from countries in the Middle East and North Africa. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of chronic pain and neuropathic pain in a sample of the general adult population in Liby...
Main Authors: | Raga A. Elzahaf, Mark I. Johnson, Osama A. Tashani |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2016-08-01
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Series: | BMC Public Health |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-016-3349-6 |
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