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Special Report

Ethnic Differences in Pain and Pain Management

Claudia M Campbell1 Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 5510 Nathan Shock Drive, G Building, Suite 100, Baltimore, MD21224, USAView further author information
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Robert R Edwards1 Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 5510 Nathan Shock Drive, G Building, Suite 100, Baltimore, MD21224, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 219-230 | Published online: 18 May 2012

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