The road to chronic pain disability: negative biases or accurate pain perception?

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¹ Department of Psychiatry, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, 110-339 Wellington Road South, London, Ont., Canada N6C5Z9. Tel.: +1 519 660 8139; fax: +1 519 660 8149.

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Michael R MacDonald. Pain. 2008.

. 2008 Jul 15;137(2):460-461.

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2008.05.009. Epub 2008 Jun 12.

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, 110-339 Wellington Road South, London, Ont., Canada N6C5Z9. Tel.: +1 519 660 8139; fax: +1 519 660 8149.

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Transition from acute to chronic pain and disability: a model including cognitive, affective, and trauma factors.
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