Pain Management Nursing
Volume 7, Issue 4 , Pages 159-166 , December 2006

Patterns of Pain and Analgesic Use in 3- to 7-Year-Old Children After Tonsillectomy

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 This study was supported in part by a grant from the University of Akureyri Research Fund.An abstract of this article appeared in Proceedings: Midwest Nursing Research Society 29th Annual Research Conference: Advancing the Clinical Research Enterprise: Translation and Dissemination (2005).

PII: S1524-9042(06)00149-4

doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2006.09.005

Pain Management Nursing
Volume 7, Issue 4 , Pages 159-166 , December 2006

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