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J L Riley1, M E Robinson, J B Wade

  • 1Division of Public Health Services and Research, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, 32610-0415, USA. JRILEY@DENTAL.UFL.EDU

The Journal of Pain
|November 19, 2003
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