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Determining Pain Detection and Tolerance Thresholds Using an Integrated, Multi-Modal Pain Task Battery
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Effects of familial pain models on pain complaints and coping strategies

P W Edwards, G W O'Neill, A Zeichner

    Perceptual and Motor Skills
    |December 1, 1985
    PubMed

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