Acute Pain
Volume 8, Issue 1 , Pages 7-12 , March 2006

The effects of two non-pharmacologic pain management methods for intramuscular injection pain in children

  • Marzieh Hasanpour

      Affiliations

    • Faculty Member in Isfahan Medical Sciences University, Iran
    • Nursing and Midwifery School of Isfahan Medical Sciences University, Isfahan, Iran
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Mina Tootoonchi

      Affiliations

    • Faculty Member in Isfahan Medical Sciences University, Iran
    • ,
  • Fereshteh Aein

      Affiliations

    • Faculty Member in Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Iran
    • ,
  • Ghasem Yadegarfar

      Affiliations

    • Faculty Member in Isfahan Medical Sciences University, Iran

Received 16 March 2003 ,Revised 1 October 2005 ,Accepted 7 November 2005.

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PII: S1366-0071(05)00094-X

doi: 10.1016/j.acpain.2005.11.001

Acute Pain
Volume 8, Issue 1 , Pages 7-12 , March 2006

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