Reply to Shen et al

Affiliations

¹ Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
² Department of Sociology, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, New York, United States.
³ Department of Sociology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.
⁴ Department of Family Studies and Gerontology and Global Aging and Community Initiative, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, NS, Canada.

Eva Ryan et al. Pain. 2025.

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doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003440. Epub 2024 Oct 15.

¹ Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
² Department of Sociology, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, New York, United States.
³ Department of Sociology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.
⁴ Department of Family Studies and Gerontology and Global Aging and Community Initiative, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, NS, Canada.

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Pain.
Real-world evidence regarding the causal effect of pain on mortality.
Shen CY, Li CP, Gau SY, Chang HC, Jhang YS. Shen CY, et al. Pain. 2025 Mar 1;166(3):708. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003439. Epub 2024 Oct 11. Pain. 2025. PMID: 39928727 No abstract available.

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