Racial and ethnic disparities in pain: causes and consequences of unequal care.

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Journal of Pain

• Publication date

  2009-12-01

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1016/j.jpain.2009.10.002PMID 19944378
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