Acute Pain
Volume 8, Issue 4 , Pages 175-180 , December 2006

High correlation but inadequate point-to-point agreement, between conventional mechanical and electronical visual analogue scale for assessment of acute postoperative pain after general surgery

Received 21 April 2006 ,Revised 27 August 2006 ,Accepted 28 August 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.acpain.2006.08.043

Acute Pain
Volume 8, Issue 4 , Pages 175-180 , December 2006

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