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The psychometric strength and patient centeredness of the Defense and Veterans Pain Rating Scale
Rollin M Gallagher1, Chester C Buckenmaier2, Rosemary C Polomano3
1Corporal Michael J Crescenz VA Medical Center, Center for Health Equities Research and Promotion, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States.
Pain Medicine (Malden, Mass.)
|November 23, 2023
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